This is exactly what Reagan did when his administration cut takes on the wealthy and then pushed through the Tefra largest tax increase (per capita at that time) in American history that fell upon the middle and working classes. Republicans clearly don't care about the average person. Unfortunately and increasingly, I am not sure our party does either, leaning more heavily towards special interest groups like the teachers' unions and other groups. Still, the Democrats are much preferable to Trump and his Maga-infected GOP.
My comment is that I would say that there is a minority of taxpayers and consumers in La. who would support the tax proposals that the La Governor is asking the State legislators to enact should they meet after the upcoming election to consider his proposals. The majority of taxpayers and sales tax paying consumers would end up paying more sales taxes under his proposals than they are currently paying in state taxes. Taxpayers in higher income brackets would seem to be the only beneficiaries of the Governor’s proposed proposals. Lower income taxpayers need to communicate with their legislators to tell them that their constituents want them to withhold support from the Governor’s proposals and instead propose and legislate a better tax plan that more progressively collects and distributes the taxes that are collected from higher income and lower income taxpayers to pay for state government services.
I can’t help wondering about that increased income tax standard deduction that the poor and middle classes would be getting under his plan to “offset” practically everything they spend money on being newly taxed. Has any expert been hired by the Democratic party or anyone else to crunch the numbers on how much they would be saving in exchange for the vast savings that the rich would garner with their flat tax? Would they be coming out about even with their current lot, and even if they were, would it be worth it considering the loss of funding for the various things they rely on (i.e., the public universities now hopelessly trying to crawl out of the $700 million budget hole wrought by the Jindal cuts)? Or would it be a matter of Armageddon - they would be victims of a vastly more regressive system than the one we already have now? Uncovering this seems to me to be a matter of some urgency. I bet if the governor of New York tried something similar the Times would have this type of analysis out in a heartbeat.
This is exactly what Reagan did when his administration cut takes on the wealthy and then pushed through the Tefra largest tax increase (per capita at that time) in American history that fell upon the middle and working classes. Republicans clearly don't care about the average person. Unfortunately and increasingly, I am not sure our party does either, leaning more heavily towards special interest groups like the teachers' unions and other groups. Still, the Democrats are much preferable to Trump and his Maga-infected GOP.
My comment is that I would say that there is a minority of taxpayers and consumers in La. who would support the tax proposals that the La Governor is asking the State legislators to enact should they meet after the upcoming election to consider his proposals. The majority of taxpayers and sales tax paying consumers would end up paying more sales taxes under his proposals than they are currently paying in state taxes. Taxpayers in higher income brackets would seem to be the only beneficiaries of the Governor’s proposed proposals. Lower income taxpayers need to communicate with their legislators to tell them that their constituents want them to withhold support from the Governor’s proposals and instead propose and legislate a better tax plan that more progressively collects and distributes the taxes that are collected from higher income and lower income taxpayers to pay for state government services.
I can’t help wondering about that increased income tax standard deduction that the poor and middle classes would be getting under his plan to “offset” practically everything they spend money on being newly taxed. Has any expert been hired by the Democratic party or anyone else to crunch the numbers on how much they would be saving in exchange for the vast savings that the rich would garner with their flat tax? Would they be coming out about even with their current lot, and even if they were, would it be worth it considering the loss of funding for the various things they rely on (i.e., the public universities now hopelessly trying to crawl out of the $700 million budget hole wrought by the Jindal cuts)? Or would it be a matter of Armageddon - they would be victims of a vastly more regressive system than the one we already have now? Uncovering this seems to me to be a matter of some urgency. I bet if the governor of New York tried something similar the Times would have this type of analysis out in a heartbeat.
Bob, Is this the tax "reform" proposal of Landry's that PAR is supporting?
You and your readers may want to read this article on Kevin Roberts by Samuel G. Freedman. It is entitled "The Inconvenient Scholarship of Kevin Roberts" and is available here: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-inconvenient-scholarship-of-kevin-roberts/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0znq9vkeNZfgRgYWx0ks9BV6pQ-XyVebxbtu8lw0gS7Agkfqvv75CEb1g_aem_6dzTxaPx2SF1ONWrinp6OQ
Yep, this is what PAR appears to support.