If at first, you don’t succeed, try, try again.
That is the motto for state legislators intent on giving Kansans an income tax break but the COVID-19 pandemic has given a new sense of urgency to both advocates and opponents of the legislation.
Tax policy is always a charged debate in Topeka, in large part thanks to the controversial tax cuts passed by the Legislature at former Gov. Sam Brownback’s behest in 2012. They were repealed five years later after they failed to produce the desired economic boost and have been touted by Democrats as a cautionary tale in years since.