Comments on: Legislative leaders: Expanded gambling dead, tax overhaul unlikely

By: Cyber Caf

Cyber Caf — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 02:32:16 +0000

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By: Lori

Lori — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 13:02:10 +0000

Unbelievable! The idea is to come up with tax plan on services to help balance the budget. However, Stumbo is on record as saying they probably won’t have time this session because they have to totally re-write the budget. WHAT? You just finished day 13 of 60. You have plenty of time. Legislators are already clamoring for a special session. Greed, Greed, Greed.

Get to work and do something!

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 01:05:00 +0000

the governor is moving poor Kentucky to a welfare state. He should learn from other states if he dosn’t understand.

By: Paulick Report » Blog Archive » STUMBO: NOTHING HAS CHANGED IN THE SENATE, SO WHY WOULD THE HOUSE WANT TO ACT AGAIN?

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:20:20 +0000

[...] Click here for the entire article by the Lexington Herald-Leader’s blog [...]

By: How About

How About — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:09:37 +0000

we pull the plug on all corporate welfare including all subsidies. Conservatives will pull their hair out crying and whining because they will lose their base meanwhile liberal progressives can say they cut spending, something conservatives cry everyday about. Let the conservatives defend spending as usual.

Fact is I just like to make conservatives cry and whine.

But it would cut spending in the budget and save money.

By: BimBeau

BimBeau — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:26:27 +0000

Sales taxes benefit only the wealthy who purchase goods & servicxes outside the state and have them delivered. Sales taxes are regressive; ask any educated economist, not some pupit appointed purveyor of poo.

The sales tax is too regressive as is. Some tweaking is to be expected. Adding \’net applied items to the taxable table of items would work. Make the income tax more progressive, starting with a lower rate applied to lower levels of income and a few more brackets at the top to encourage expansion of the work force by permitting domestic employees wages to be (at least partially) an offsetting credit against total tax liability.

More domestics is not a great answer, but its better than what the republicans want … all the poor people and horsey-set and their stable lads to leave the state. Then we\’ll be the only state without the need for medicaide or food stamps. Poor people always drag down the median values upon which the republicans make decisions. We will have a government that relies upon creationism, 11 commandments and fundamentalism.

Williams & Thayer win!!!!!!!

By: nky.Com | Kentucky Enquirer | Kentucky Politics » Stumbo, Williams say gambling “dead” this session

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:38:22 +0000

[...] From the Lexington Herald-Leader: Stumbo and Williams were asked at their regular Friday morning news conference if a budget based on gambling is dead for this legislative session. [...]

By: Paul Gibson

Paul Gibson — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:46:57 +0000

A solution to the problem of revenue could be solved by eliminating the income tax and increasing the sales tax and adding more services that must pay the sales tax. This is fair because people who spend more would pay more tax. Fair.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:05:32 +0000

How about bringing it up as a way to help eliminate the state income tax? If it were presented as a bridge to lower taxes elsewhere and not a means to spend as usual, I bet it would get done.