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Snooze Journal: New Depths of Statist Illogic

Let's see: we have a revenue shortfall.

Let's ask the editorial board at the Snooze Journal.

Not in more than three decades has the General Assembly taken money from the fairest and most equitable source: everyone.

Delaware's income tax went from one of the highest rates in the country at 20 percent for the wealthiest, to among the lowest at 5.9 percent for those earning over $60,000.

There's been no measurable change in the personal income tax formula for more than a decade. Instead, surtaxes have been levied on special groups whenever revenue was needed.

But during that same period of flat income tax , which began in the middle of Gov. Tom Carper's administration, the number of employees on the state payroll has doubled. The state population has increased about 18 percent....

A minimal quarter-percent increase in the personal income tax for 12 months would make up that difference. For most families, that would mean only a few dollars out of their paychecks.


Yeah, that makes sense. Population has grown 18% during the last decade, while State employee rolls have grown 100%, and the problem is that the income tax is too low.

Here's a better idea, guys. Why don't you actually cover the question of where all those new government employees are, and what they're doing to justify taking "only a few more dollars out of their paycheck."

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