Another flat tax convert
Lawmakers this week rolled through a surreal intersection of high math, low politics and dense baloney to finally agree to a special tax session later this month.
Even with the governor traveling as far as Hurricane last week to cajole legislators, it didn't come easy.
Several stolid members of the Revenue and Taxation Committee, including Senate budget chairman Lyle Hillyard, were having problems wading through the -- for lack of a better word -- "data analysis" of the governor's flat-tax reform.
West Valley Sen. Brent Goodfellow was philosophically squirming over a flat tax that will have zero effect on 95 percent of the state's citizens. The flat-rate option largely would benefit only the top 5 percent of income earners. Of course they will get 13 times the measly $48 tax break that will flow back into the pockets of working stiffs.
Huntsman says he needs the flat rate to lure business executives to Utah.
"Not one person in my Senate district will be taking the 5.3 percent [flat tax] option," Goodfellow complained.
Committee staff pointed out this was an obvious exaggeration.
"Okay," Goodfellow conceded. "Maybe two."
When the Democratic lawmaker learned that Utah's current 7 percent top rate applies to virtually no one. That the effective tax rate, after deductions and credits, is actually about the same as the 5.3 percent flat rate, he was even more bewildered -- and annoyed.
"How can we in good conscience go out and say we've lowered our rate from 5.3 percent to 5.3 percent?" he asked, adding, "And only two people in my district will get it?"
"There are more people in your district that will qualify," said Sen. Curt Bramble.
"Okay, three people," Goodfellow said.
Bramble, a point man for the tax proposal, quipped, "Well, that's a 50 percent increase."
Note: Before the day was over, the House rewrote the bill to put the flat rate at 5.4 percent. We haven't run the numbers, but the potential flat-tax beneficiaries in Goodfellowland might be back to two.
-- Glen Warchol
Even with the governor traveling as far as Hurricane last week to cajole legislators, it didn't come easy.
Several stolid members of the Revenue and Taxation Committee, including Senate budget chairman Lyle Hillyard, were having problems wading through the -- for lack of a better word -- "data analysis" of the governor's flat-tax reform.
West Valley Sen. Brent Goodfellow was philosophically squirming over a flat tax that will have zero effect on 95 percent of the state's citizens. The flat-rate option largely would benefit only the top 5 percent of income earners. Of course they will get 13 times the measly $48 tax break that will flow back into the pockets of working stiffs.
Huntsman says he needs the flat rate to lure business executives to Utah.
"Not one person in my Senate district will be taking the 5.3 percent [flat tax] option," Goodfellow complained.
Committee staff pointed out this was an obvious exaggeration.
"Okay," Goodfellow conceded. "Maybe two."
When the Democratic lawmaker learned that Utah's current 7 percent top rate applies to virtually no one. That the effective tax rate, after deductions and credits, is actually about the same as the 5.3 percent flat rate, he was even more bewildered -- and annoyed.
"How can we in good conscience go out and say we've lowered our rate from 5.3 percent to 5.3 percent?" he asked, adding, "And only two people in my district will get it?"
"There are more people in your district that will qualify," said Sen. Curt Bramble.
"Okay, three people," Goodfellow said.
Bramble, a point man for the tax proposal, quipped, "Well, that's a 50 percent increase."
Note: Before the day was over, the House rewrote the bill to put the flat rate at 5.4 percent. We haven't run the numbers, but the potential flat-tax beneficiaries in Goodfellowland might be back to two.
-- Glen Warchol
11:17 PM
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5 Comments:
Who cares about flat taxes or flat chested white women for that matter, when the real story is that sl city attorney ed rutan is trying to make the death to israel people look like the only honest and intelligent people in utah.
Careful or you could end up in gitmo getting a coercive enema from media hogs kathleen parker and ann coulter. Long live the GSIR rating.
i hate to admit it but it looks like goyimslut is right. How much does it cost to get a coercve enema at gitmo?
It doesn't anything you idiot. A coerive enema is what they give the muslims. It is free. It was invented in israel. Very degrading and used to break their spirit. They usually have young army girls do it.
Don't you want your daughter to join.
Then why do feminzed males pay for them?
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ANY ADULT WHITE MALE WHO CAN SAY YES TO TWO OR MORE OF THE
FOLLOWING IS CLINICALLY FEMINIZED:
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2. DOESN’T CARRY CASH,
3. HAS GONE FOUR MONTHS WITHOUT WANTING TO KILL,
4. FELT OFFENDED WHEN SOMEONE REFFERENCED THOSE”FAGS ACROSS
THE
STREET”,
5. BIT HIS TONGUE WHEN HE SHOULD HAVE BEAT HER
ASS,
6. THINKS WAR IN IRAQ GOOD BECAUSE IRAKI FEMALES WERE NOT
PREVIOUSLY
ALLOWED TO ACT LIKE SLUTS AND GET LOW BACK TATOOS.
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FERTILITY RATES INCLUDE TWO NEW FOX NEWS BRAIN CHIP
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