Nov. 14, 2013
(Syndicated to Kansas newspapers Nov. 11, 2013)
Nobody’s talking very loudly about it, but if you squint just right…we actually may be seeing the initial sprouts of what Gov. Sam Brownback believes will be a surge in economic activity despite the re-engineering of his tax cut idea by the Legislature.
Remember, two years ago when Brownback wanted big income tax cuts, and wanted to keep the state alive by cutting back on deductions and exemptions? The Legislature liked the tax cuts but didn’t like most of the “pay-fors” Brownback proposed.
Well, it didn’t turn out the way the governor hoped, but projections from the Consensus Revenue Estimating Group just might have pumped a little oxygen to his hopes of what his tax cuts would bring. Maybe.