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Tax proposals shot down by (KS st.) Senate panel
TOPEKA -- After several days of hearings on various tax proposals, the Senate tax committee on Thursday spurned all of them, rejecting plans to increase levies on cigarettes, alcoholic beverages, soda pop and other sweetened drinks. Also shot down was the governor's call for a 1 cent increase in the general sales tax. It now most likely falls on the Senate Ways & Means Committee to get a tax bill approved for debate by the full Senate where leaders have said about $300 million in new revenues are needed to avoid harmful cuts to schools, social services and public safety programs. The Ways & Means Committee has been considering Senate Bill 476, which would generate about $168 million, mostly through eliminating the state tax exemption on sales of residential utilities such as heating fuels and electricity. Senate Majority Leader Derek Schmidt, R-Independence, said he didn't plan to vote for any of the tax increases, but pleaded with fellow tax committee members to vote out at least one proposal "without favorable recommendation" to allow for the "inevitable" tax debate he said would happen on the Senate floor before the session ends. Hokay, I would like to propose a tax conversation under cover of the KS State Gov bucking the trend, inspired by this topic from yesterday: @OldPatriot: So you think half the taxpayers are like you? I'll bet that when you mark your ballot, you have your wallet in mind, like any good Democrat. I think Franklin said something like, "When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will be the end of the Republic." It's up to our legislators to resist such tendencies. Yeah, right. @swksvolFF: SS and Medicare are not "Fed Income Tax". Obviously a person can only generalize the motives of other taxpayers. It should be pointed out that most people just collect their paycheck and the withholdings are just glanced at, especially in the era of electronic fund transfers where a person just makes sure that the check was in the virtual mail. My position: unless someone owns and runs a business and/or writes the paychecks the impact of payroll taxes is not completely appreciated. For example, do you know how much money your business pays into unemployment taxes? Now to start things out: I call out that social security and medicare is a percentage withheld automatically from each and every paycheck is indeed a federal tax on income. Second, I propose that paying taxes is part of an agreement to work with a government of any sort. I have no problem adding my amount to a necessary government. I do however have issues with hearing that there is no money for schools or police when government entities have the money to make loans for imax theatres or lcd game boards at publicly assisted universities. Crap like that is inspiring me to become a Tea Party person, I'm getting it, and if not now when? Apologies to mods for format or intention errors, but this anklosaur pup is...unhappy. Posted by: swksvolFF 2010-04-10 |
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