2022 NE Governor's race: on Tax Reform


Bob Krist: The farmland assessment process is broken

One of his big messages is the need to truly reform the state tax system, property taxes in particular, he said. The questions he has fielded in Nebraska communities about property taxes have been "amazing," he said. He tells them the farmland assessment process is broken.

In some counties in Nebraska, the average tax increase over the past 10 years is as high as 147%, and individual homeowners and landowners have experienced even greater increases, he said.

Source: The Lincoln Journal-Star on 2022 Nebraska Gubernatorial race Oct 27, 2018

Chuck Herbster: Constitutional amendment to replace state income tax

Herbster announced his support for adoption of a proposed new consumption tax to replace the state's income, corporate, sales and property tax system. The consumption tax proposal calls for a vote of the people in 2022 on a constitutional amendment that would revolutionize the state's tax system. The consumption tax would be applied to the purchase of services and new goods.
Source: Lincoln Journal Star on 2022 Nebraska Gubernatorial race May 4, 2021

Jim Pillen: Limit the growth in spending by local taxing entities

We have to fix our broken property tax system. Governor Ricketts has made good on his promise to address property taxes every year he has been in office, putting hundreds of millions of dollars into the Property Tax Credit Relief Fund. And yet property taxes are still too high and remain a top concern for families and ag producers everywhere. We need to limit the growth in spending by local taxing entities and modernize our tax structure to address property taxes once and for all.
Source: 2022 Nebraska Gubernatorial campaign website JimPillen.com May 12, 2022

Theresa Thibodeau: Special interests, bureaucrats have blocked tax reform

Tax Reform is at the top of my agenda as it has been for every candidate for Governor for the past forty years. Why can't we get anything done? Because our state government is controlled by special interests and bureaucrats. Why do I think I can get something done when everyone else has failed? I don't put up with the nonsense. I'm a mom and a small business owner. I have to make things happen every single day, or my kids and business suffer.
Source: 2022 Nebraska Gubernatorial website TheresaForGovernor.com Feb 27, 2022

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Candidates and political leaders on Tax Reform:

Retired Senate as of Jan. 2015:
GA:Chambliss(R)
IA:Harkin(D)
MI:Levin(D)
MT:Baucus(D)
NE:Johanns(R)
OK:Coburn(R)
SD:Johnson(D)
WV:Rockefeller(D)

Resigned from 113th House:
AL-1:Jo Bonner(R)
FL-19:Trey Radel(R)
LA-5:Rod Alexander(R)
MA-5:Ed Markey(D)
MO-9:Jo Ann Emerson(R)
NC-12:Melvin Watt(D)
SC-1:Tim Scott(R) 		Retired House to run for Senate or Governor:
AR-4:Tom Cotton(R)
GA-1:Jack Kingston(R)
GA-10:Paul Broun(R)
GA-11:Phil Gingrey(R)
HI-1:Colleen Hanabusa(D)
IA-1:Bruce Braley(D)
LA-6:Bill Cassidy(R)
ME-2:Mike Michaud(D)
MI-14:Gary Peters(D)
MT-0:Steve Daines(R)
OK-5:James Lankford(R)
PA-13:Allyson Schwartz(D)
TX-36:Steve Stockman(R)
WV-2:Shelley Capito(R) 		Retired House as of Jan. 2015:
AL-6:Spencer Bachus(R)
AR-2:Tim Griffin(R)
CA-11:George Miller(D)
CA-25:Howard McKeon(R)
CA-33:Henry Waxman(D)
CA-45:John Campbell(R)
IA-3:Tom Latham(R)
MN-6:Michele Bachmann(R)
NC-6:Howard Coble(R)
NC-7:Mike McIntyre(D)
NJ-3:Jon Runyan(R)
NY-4:Carolyn McCarthy(D)
NY-21:Bill Owens(D)
PA-6:Jim Gerlach(R)
UT-4:Jim Matheson(D)
VA-8:Jim Moran(D)
VA-10:Frank Wolf(R)
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