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Platte Institute proposes $162M spending freeze to help close Nebraska budget gap
At a virtual press conference on Monday, the Platte Institute proposed a solution for addressing Nebraska’s budget shortfall without reversing income-tax reforms enacted in 2023, raising other taxes, or relying on one-time cash transfers currently funding other programs. Senior Tax Policy Advisor Michael Lucci outlined a plan to freeze the Property Tax Credit Fund and the School Property Tax Relief Fund at current fiscal-year levels.
Nebraska Needs School Choice
Nebraska needs school choice, which empowers families to select what is best for them, creates pressure on all schools to improve, and fosters harmony among diverse people. To best serve Nebraskans, the amount of choice needs to be much greater than what the state has tried to date. First, because choice is something that all Nebraskans should have; freedom is simply right. Second, because more choosers yields more political support to defend programs from status quo attacks.
School Choice is Essential, And Nebraska’s Tax Credit Is About as Freeing as It Gets
Educational freedom – often reduced to “school choice” – is expanding nationwide, and Nebraska joined in last year with passage of the Opportunity Scholarship Act. This occurred, perhaps not coincidentally, as school districts and states all over the country were being racked by culture war. The need for freedom in education – self-determination that ends the necessity to defeat one’s neighbors politically to get what one believes is right for one’s children – has never been more clear.
Nebraska's Path to the Top Ten, Four More Years of Tax Reform - Platte Institute
To download the full “Nebraska’s Path to the Top Ten Report” click here. Summary Nebraska entered 2022 with one of the least-competitive tax systems in a highly competitive region. But then a structural surge in tax revenues was utilized by lawmakers to perform Nebraska’s two-year tax transformation. Across two governors and two years, Nebraska lawmakers delivered unprecedented tax relief and considerable improvements in the state’s individual income tax and corporate income tax.
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