Opinion: Nevada’s tax system is failing
By Bill Robinson, Las Vegas Sun
Gov. Brian Sandoval said it. The Chamber of Commerce is saying it. Democrats are saying it. Republicans are saying it.
Saying what? The tax system in Nevada needs reform.
Why now? My mentor, Reuben Zubrow, did a study in 1960 which the Nevada Legislature used to build a tax system that was simple, stable and synchronized with the budget. For two decades, it funded our state effectively on three legs: property, sales and gross gaming revenue taxes. It was designed to collect lots of taxes from folks who live outside Nevada.
Starting in the 1970s, however, things changed in two ways.
Maybe it’s Nevada’s spending habits that need to change.
After all-the stupidity of austerity economic models and privatization of the commons have worked so well for working Americans in Kansas-and average citizens around the world-guess who benefits in Kansas?-Koch Industries hdqtrs is in Wichita-coincidentally
@TeaTotal-Ooooh, the Koch Industries ads flooding my TV are so inspiring anf informative. I never knew they were such an economic ‘Heroic American Corporation'(I’m copyrighting the term, folks) until their ad campaign told me so.
I wonder, in what other ways they have benefited American workers…
Those koch brothers have major bad karma. Their demise will be ugly. They are soulless and hopefully will be held accountable in some way, sooner than later would be good…