Comments on: Kentucky Has Big Tax Problems, No Real Hope

By: Pat Z

Pat Z — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:32:18 +0000

My big concern is the “Lost of tax money” in tourism. Does anyone not see that we have destroyed a “whole industry” here in our state with the school schedules that have evolved over the last 12 years! When will someone wake up.
We are even off beet with the rest of the world. Our company hirers college age exchange workers from abroad. They never have to return to school until September at the earliest. And..now we are also not able to fit our programs for high school exchanges that correspond to other nations.
The excuse that our calender was old fashion based on an agricultural society. This is wrong. I do not believe Germany or England fit this mold.
Many other states have taken action to reverse such a trend –where does ky stand here. Little action that I am aware of is taking place. Well, I guess we may get “one benefit” from this bad decisions–soon we will need less state park–so closing them will not be so painful.
If I am missing something please let me know and how I can help as well. PZ

By: Bruce Maples

Bruce Maples — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:48:42 +0000

Jake — nice catch — thanks for the link and the PDF. Wayne’s bill deserves to be heard and passed!

By: Bimbeau

Bimbeau — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:41:43 +0000

Thee-uss ee-uss Kain-tuck-ee. Stoopid is ay-uss stuupid duzz. Tay-uxxux R pay-ud onney by duh pu-ur.

When Ky dumps Republican’ts & the Mongis, maybe we can have a progressive income tax.

Until then poor pay more.

By: Sirico

Sirico — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:45:30 +0000

I have an answer to Kentucky’s tax problem. Maybe we can get some of our Right-wing Conservatard brothers to hold another “Teabag Party” and score us a big tax break (HB 51 PHS ). It would put more money into the pockets of the poor and middle class during a time of recession/depression. That ought to solve our tax problem here in the Commonwealth. (Duh!)

By: Taylor

Taylor — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:23:14 +0000

thanks for providing that report – I’d been wanting some of the concrete numbers about state revenues between the two plans. I’m with you on not having high expectations for our state legislature, but this shows pretty clearly that Farmer’s “reform” isn’t much of a change, after all.