2019 KY Governor's race: on Tax Reform

Andy Beshear: Add new revenue sources like casino gambling

Beshear: Opposes shift from income to sales taxes. Limit tax incentives for outside corporations. Add new revenue sources like casino gambling & legalizing & taxing medical marijuana. End tax incentives for companies that don't pay a living wage.

Bevin: Signed $106 million tax cut for banks & other institutions. Would shift revenue base to sales taxes: "I think the state income tax & state corporate tax should be zero." Offer tax incentives for corporations.

Adam Edelen: No increased tax burden on poor and working Kentuckians

A: No. The misguided tax "reforms" of recent years have placed an increased burden on poor and working Kentuckians while cutting taxes for banks, big corporations, and the well-off. Without redistributive measures, eliminating the income tax would be just another step in the direction of putting a greater burden on those struggling to get by.

Robert Goforth: Numbers don't add up to switch income tax to sales tax

A: Before I could support eliminating the state income tax, I would have to be convinced that we could generate the same revenue through other consumption-based taxes without placing an inordinate burden on working Kentuckians. At present, I am not sure that the numbers add up to justify doing that. I am open to honest, fair, comprehensive tax reform that does not ask too much from the already stretched pocketbooks of Kentuckians from Feds Creek to Fulton.

Rocky Adkins: Consumption taxes are unfair to lower income people

A: Rocky and his running mate Stephanie believe that a tax system based solely on consumption taxes is unfair to lower income populations and is not the answer to a revenue problem. Kentucky must stop balancing its checkbook on the backs of working families. They will look at ways to generate revenue through medical marijuana, hemp, and growing new industries like the aerospace industry.

The above quotations are from 2019 Kentucky Gubernatorial race: debates and news coverage. Click here for definitions & background information on Tax Reform. Click here for other issues (main summary page).
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