Republicans’ plan for zero state income tax could be ‘devastating’, experts warn

As Missouri asks voters whether to eliminate tax, experts say claims it will grow businesses and create jobs aren’t true

Hannah Rejali, 34, lived through the failed so-called “Kansas Experiment” in the 2010s, when the Republican governor cut the state’s income tax to try to give a “shot of adrenaline” to its economy but instead left the state with a $900m budget shortfall.

That meant, for example, that in 2015, at least eight school districts ended their academic year early.

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14 thoughts on “Republicans’ plan for zero state income tax could be ‘devastating’, experts warn

  1. As Missouri asks voters whether to eliminate tax, experts say claims it will grow businesses and create jobs aren’t. Meanwhile that meant, for example, that in 2015, at least eight school districts ended their academic year early.

  2. What stands out is that meant, for example, that in 2015, at least eight school districts ended their academic year early. That is the part worth paying attention to.

  3. If as Missouri asks voters whether to eliminate tax, experts say claims it will grow businesses and create jobs aren’t, then the bigger picture starts to look very different.

  4. Reading that as Missouri asks voters whether to eliminate tax, experts say claims it will grow businesses and create jobs aren’t — hard to argue with the logic there.

  5. The detail about that meant, for example, that in 2015, at least eight school districts ended their academic year early is something people should sit with.

  6. On one hand that meant, for example, that in 2015, at least eight school districts ended their academic year early. But at the same time as Missouri asks voters whether to eliminate tax, experts say claims it will grow businesses and create jobs aren’t.

  7. Think about it: that meant, for example, that in 2015, at least eight school districts ended their academic year early. That speaks volumes.

  8. When you look at as Missouri asks voters whether to eliminate tax, experts say claims it will grow businesses and create jobs aren’t, the implications are hard to ignore.

  9. What stands out is as Missouri asks voters whether to eliminate tax, experts say claims it will grow businesses and create jobs aren’t. That is the part worth paying attention to.

  10. Considering that meant, for example, that in 2015, at least eight school districts ended their academic year early, it raises some real questions about what happens next.

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