LINCOLN — A legislative plan that backers called “revolutionary” and “thinking outside the box on steroids” would eliminate all current state and local taxes in Nebraska.

In their stead, Legislative Resolution 300CA would require that a consumption tax be imposed on all new goods and all services purchased in the state.

State Sen. Steve Erdman of Bayard introduced the proposed constitutional amendment on Thursday, during the last hour of the last day of bill introduction for this year. He was joined by nine co-sponsors, including six similarly conservative Republicans and three Democrats.

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