LINCOLN- The effort of Sen. Lou Ann Linehan and Gov. Jim Pillen to add one cent to the state's sales tax faced stiff resistance during a Wednesday hearing. Linehan's LB1315, which received backing from the Nebraska Association of County Officials and Nebraska Farm Bureau, is intended to balance the state's "three-legged stool."
More specifically, the bill is meant to help the state provide more property tax relief. Opponents, however, argued that the majority of Nebraskans would be opposed to such a change. Suzan DeCamp of AARP Nebraska told the Legislature's Revenue Committee that the bill would disproportionately harm fixed-income seniors and low-income Nebraskans more broadly.
Doug Kagan of Nebraska Taxpayers for Freedom also argued that Nebraskans want real tax relief, rather than the raising of one kind to make another feel less painful. John Gage of Americans for Prosperity-Nebraska emphasized the need for hard spending caps on K-12 school districts. "We do not like the Legislature's attempt to hike the sales tax and call it tax reform," he told the committee.
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