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This presentation was given to health care workers during a two-hour training seminar on the Affordable Care Act in Oklahoma. Click here for the presentation, which outlines major changes already enacted and on the horizon regarding the new federal health… Read more [More...]
Original at http://www.tulsaworld.com/opinion/article.aspx?subjectid=211&articleid=20120603_11_G1_CUTLIN168551.
By Janet Pearson, Tulsa World
Is everyone else as surprised as the members of the chattering classes that the Oklahoma Legislature didn’t adopt a tax-cut plan this year?
While GOP leaders did manage to score some important… Read more [More...]
Proposals being considered by the Governor and legislative leaders would offset a cut to Oklahoma’s top personal income tax rate by eliminating one or more broad-based state tax credits that are claimed by hundreds of thousands of working Oklahoma families.… Read more [More...]
A poll released by the Oklahoma Advocacy Project shows strong opposition among Oklahomans to reducing and eliminating the state income tax. The poll finds that large majorities oppose a tax cut if it means less funding for schools, roads, and… Read more [More...]
You can use the information below for emails, letters and phone calls to legislators. CLICK HEREfor subject-specific fact sheets and CLICK HERE for names and contact information of elected officials you should contact
1A: HERE IS A SAMPLE FIRST PARAGRAPH… Read more [More...]
Why Tax Cuts Are Not the Right Priority for Oklahoma
Eliminating the income tax is fiscally reckless. Once we decide to cut taxes, we cannot reverse course if things don’t work out. Credit rating and municipal bond agencies have expressed… Read more [More...]
Income tax provides one-third of all state revenue. The state could not provide essential services without the income tax unless other taxes were drastically increased.
Plans to shift away from income tax would take more from those already struggling to… Read more [More...]
Download as a pdf factsheet here.
1. Income tax provides one-third of all state revenue. The state could not provide basic, essential services without income tax revenue unless other taxes were drastically increased. State income taxes pay for salary and… Read more [More...]
1. Higher Property Taxes. Every state without an income tax pays more in property taxes than we do in Oklahoma. In Texas, property taxes are almost three times higher. per capita. Money to fund core services has to come from… Read more [More...]
1. The income tax is essential to public safety funding. The income tax provides the Department of Corrections with $141.2 million, or 30.7 percent of its total appropriations. This is equivalent to the cost of incarcerating more than 9,300 inmates,… Read more [More...]
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