Issue Position: Taxation
Issue Position
Issues: Taxes
The legislature just passed a disastrous $1.2 billion tax increase. Topeka does not need more money and Kansas taxpayers do not need to pay higher taxes to feed state government. Kansas does not have a revenue problem, it has a spending problem.
While state spending was increasing, my office reduced its budget from $7 million to $4.7 million. We didn't do that by cutting services, in fact we took on additional responsibilities. We did this by modernizing our office procedures, utilizing electronic communications, and modeling our office after the private sector.
Once we get our financial house in order we will begin creating new opportunities for our state unlike any we've seen to date.
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