Tax & Spending Research

2018 Greenbook 0
- Tax & Spending Research
- April 19, 2018
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis saw states as “laboratories of democracy” conducting “experiments” in public policy. Today, more than eight decades after Brandeis coined the phrase, state experimentation with tax policy makes it abundantly clear that tax policy has a direct impact on economic growth. As shown on page 27 for the 2018 Greenbook,
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What was Really the Matter with the Kansas Tax Plan 0
- Tax & Spending, Tax & Spending Research
- March 1, 2018
Tax relief opponents have repeatedly pointed to the 2012 Kansas tax experiment as their primary example of why tax cuts do not work. But, other states like North Carolina, Indiana, and Tennessee contemporaneously, and successfully, cut taxes. What was different about the Kansas experience? Kansas has had high taxes and slow growth for fifty years.
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2017 Greenbook 2
- Research, Tax & Spending Research
- March 13, 2017
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis saw states as “laboratories of democracy” conducting “experiments” in public policy. Today, more than eight decades after Brandeis coined the phrase, state experimentation with tax policy makes it abundantly clear that tax policy has a direct impact on economic growth. As shown on page 27 for the 2017 Greenbook,
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A Thousand Flowers Blooming: Understanding Job Growth and the Kansas Tax Reforms 1
- Research, Tax & Spending Research
- January 5, 2017
Much of the discussion over economic growth following the 2012 Kansas tax reforms were enacted is misguided, hobbled by a misunderstanding of what the tax cuts were trying to accomplish and reliance on incomplete data. Additionally, it fails to take into account the fact that most job growth in Kansas has been – and will
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2016 Green Book 0
- Research, Tax & Spending Research
- March 7, 2016
Latest in “Factbook” series exploring the relationship between the size of government and economic vitality.
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Maintenance of Effort Requirements: The Federal Takeover of State Budgets 0
- Research, Tax & Spending Research
- July 2, 2015
An examination of federal maintenance of effort requirements on state budgets. Authored by Kansas’ former state budget director Steve Anderson.
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