"Eliminating personal income taxes will put more money back into the pockets of Louisiana families and will change a complex tax code into a more simple system that will make Louisiana more attractive to companies who want to invest here and create jobs.

"Tax reform will remove administrative burdens from families and small businesses and improve Louisiana's business prospects; create more business investment opportunities with increased job growth; and raise the state's profile in national business rankings.

"The bottom line is that for too long, Louisiana's workers and small businesses have suffered from having a state tax structure that is too complex and that holds back economic prosperity. It's time to change that so people can keep more of their own money and foster an environment where businesses want to invest and create good-paying jobs."

 d-usa wrote:
Never surprised that people love to push for the form of taxation that hits poor people the most.

 sebster wrote:

 kronk wrote:
@ Sebster, the LA state income tax is pretty minor. My property taxes here in Texas are much higher than what my folks paid in state income tax.

And, as I was getting to above, the more minor the tax the less reason there is to have it. Why get people to go through the hassle of filling out an income tax return, and the hassle of processing them all, when the money could be raised by simply increasing the rate of a different tax?

 kronk wrote:
I'm also a subscriber to the theory that sales taxes vs. income taxes shifts the burden downwards, d-usa. I'd rather that LA adopt a property tax similar to TX and also get their cut of the shale natural gas...

No disagreement, here. Having the people to run the numbers and perform audits is probably a huge drain on the eventual income it brings in, relatively speaking.