Let's see: we have a revenue shortfall.
Let's ask the editorial board at the Snooze Journal.
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."
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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