Supermajority Requirement Stymied Sensible Tax Reforms in Oklahoma
March 26, 2018
March 26, 2018
WASHINGTON, March 26 -- The Center on Budget & Policy Priorities issued the following news release:
A requirement in some states that tax-raising legislation pass only with supermajorities in each house can limit the ability of state lawmakers to promote broad-based prosperity. Oklahoma's supermajority requirement, among the nation's strictest, caused the defeat earlier this year of much-needed tax reforms that would have begun to address deep cuts to education, health . . .
A requirement in some states that tax-raising legislation pass only with supermajorities in each house can limit the ability of state lawmakers to promote broad-based prosperity. Oklahoma's supermajority requirement, among the nation's strictest, caused the defeat earlier this year of much-needed tax reforms that would have begun to address deep cuts to education, health . . .