Kansas Republicans conducted a ‘real live’ tax experiment. Poor people are paying for it.
“Kansas’s legislature voted this week to increase taxes, with Republicans revolting against a years-long string of taxes pushed by Republican Gov. Sam Brownback that left the state with huge budget shortfalls. But even after the hike, the rich are still paying less — and the poor are paying more — than they did before what Brownback called a ‘real-live experiment’ in conservative economic policy, according to an analysis by the left-leaning Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.”