By:
Paul Shinn
April 15, 2019 // Updated: May 2, 2019
I’ve had it. Why can’t we make society work without taxes? I’m willing to try, I think, as I doze off…
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Gene Perry
January 25, 2018 // Updated: May 2, 2019
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Since the mid-1990s, Oklahoma’s top income tax rate has been reduced from 7 percent to 5 percent. The most recent top rate cut…
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By:
Gene Perry
November 9, 2017 // Updated: May 2, 2019
A new analysis of the Congressional GOP tax plan reveals that in Oklahoma, the wealthiest 1 percent will receive the greatest share of the total tax cut in year one, and their share would grow through 2027. The value of the…
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By:
Gene Perry
October 18, 2017 // Updated: May 2, 2019
This week the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services began alerting care providers that they will have to shut down the state’s entire outpatient behavioral health system, with just a few exceptions, if lawmakers don’t find ways…
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By:
David Blatt
December 8, 2016 // Updated: May 2, 2019
This time last year, Oklahoma was in the middle of a massive budget crisis. As revenues came in below projections, the state twice made across-the-board budget cuts that hit our schools, health care, roads, and other key building blocks of our…
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By:
Gene Perry
January 25, 2016 // Updated: May 2, 2019
On January 28th, OK Policy’s annual State Budget Summit will include a keynote presentation on “The Failed Kansas Experiment.” In 2012, Kansas enacted major income tax cuts and totally eliminated the personal income tax for owners of certain businesses. Kansas…
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By:
Gene Perry
November 4, 2015 // Updated: May 2, 2019
In a recent House interim study led by Rep. Mark McCullough, lawmakers returned to a subject that has been attempted several times in Oklahoma’s recent history. They once again looked at eliminating Oklahoma’s income tax or transforming it into a…
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By:
Gene Perry
June 3, 2015 // Updated: May 2, 2019
When any company leaves Oklahoma, it can mean hard times for the employees and their families. As a state and a community, we should offer support to those families and make sure workers have what they need to move on…
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By:
Guest
February 23, 2015 // Updated: May 2, 2019
This article originally appeared in State Treasurer Ken Miller’s monthly newsletter, the Oklahoma Economic Report.
At the dawn of a new legislative session, current government expenses once again exceed expected revenues and agencies are lining up with $2 billion in…
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By:
David Blatt
January 5, 2015 // Updated: May 1, 2019
Last month, the Board of Equalization certified that revenues will grow enough next year to trigger a cut in the state’s top income tax rate. At the same time, the Board determined that the state will have nearly $300 million…
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