Clarifying The Income Tax

By Kleinheider Posted on December 11, 2008 at 4:11 pm

The pork mailing representative from Germantown aims to drive a stake through the heart of the state income tax:

Representative Brian Kelsey (R-Germantown) announced today that he and other House Republicans have filed a constitutional amendment to clarify that the Tennessee Constitution prohibits an income tax and a payroll tax.

“I hope to clarify once and for all that Tennessee is an anti-income tax state. If this amendment passes, we will never have to face another income tax battle again,” said Kelsey. “With the current economic realities some will tell you your taxes must be raised. The last thing Tennesseans need to be worrying about right now is having to pay a state income tax or a payroll tax. There are enough taxes already, and state government must learn to live within its means,” Kelsey continued. “It’s a new day in the legislature, and it’s time to put this issue to rest and let the people vote on it.”

Thirty-nine of the fifty House Republican Representatives have signed onto the resolution as original prime co-sponsors. Rep. Kelsey originally introduced the resolution in 2007, but that was before Republicans took a one-seat majority in the House of Representatives last month for the first time known since 1869.

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