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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow about a two-thirds majority for tax cuts?
Most of the states require a two-thirds majority in both houses of their legislature to pass a tax increase. The people who write these laws claim it requires "sober reflection" by the legislature before increasing taxes; in reality, they create a de facto moratorium on tax increases because with the political climate the way it is, you couldn't get two-thirds of any legislative body in America to agree that water is wet.
Tax cuts are another matter: in no state does passing a tax cut require more than a simple majority.
Any change in revenues deserves equal reflection...so, I believe tax cuts should be subject to the same majority requirements tax increases are.
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How about a two-thirds majority for tax cuts? (Original Post)
jmowreader
Mar 2013
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alittlelark
(18,888 posts)1. Makes WAY too much sense to allow it to happpen.....
reformist2
(9,841 posts)2. I'd prefer we go back to simple majority votes for both - we need more flexibility, not less.
JayhawkSD
(3,163 posts)3. Word. (n/t)
dkf
(37,305 posts)4. What were the numbers for the continuation of the Bush cuts?