Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback (R) seemed to blame Kansas’ state legislature for the impact of deep tax cuts Brownback signed into law two years ago.
“I proposed a flat tax with a small budget accelerator,” Brownback said Friday during an address to the Great Topeka Chamber of Commerce, according to The Topeka Capital-Journal. “What I got from the Legislature was a naked tax cut with none of the pay-fors.”
Brownback added that he “took it because it was the best we were going to get.”
Brownback’s comments are some of the latest acknowledgements Brownback has made that those tax cuts have had a less than ideal result —Kansas is projected to have a budget deficit of $280 million this year and $436 million next year.
Earlier in the month Brownback announced that he would consider raising taxes in order to fill the budget gap. Brownback’s latest budget plan proposes raising taxes on cigarettes and liquor.
