Kelly's budget raises taxes during recession
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- January 14, 2021
Money-follow-the-child programs tax credit scholarships for low-income kids and education savings accounts for students below grade level – have generated a lot of good questions. There is also a fair amount of misinformation going around. We provide explanations below for five of the most frequently raised issues, but please let us know if you have
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READ MOREPresident Obama once publicly admitted that it is a bad idea to raise taxes in the middle of a recession. And yet, under an unprecedented COVID economic downturn, Gov. Kelly’s budget has not one, but two tax increases. These tax hikes financed a record-setting state budget, 29% bigger than in 2017. By contrast, the Governor
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