Us Statehouse insiders, who don’t start to tan until the 4th of July and are fascinated by little political gimmicks that most regular people don’t notice are…well, fascinated again.
This time, it is Gov. Sam Brownback’s new tax plan, the one that raises more than $400 million in taxes for the state budget without inconveniencing those 330,000 Kansans who make their livings by owning certain types of businesses.
That lucky 330,000 make their livings by receiving “non-wage” income from Limited Liability Corporations, subchapter S corporations or are owner-operators of their businesses which since 2012 have been exempt from Kansas income taxes. They like it like that.