Episode 24: All about the revenues

OK PolicyCast

English - February 12, 2017 23:25 - 48 minutes - 22.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
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Governor Fallin surprised many observer of Oklahoma politics by calling for dramatic revenue increases and major tax reforms in her State of the State address. In this podcast, we discuss the Governor's ideas, what's most likely to make it through the Legislature, and what other ideas Oklahoma Policy Institute has put forward to fix our state's budget hole.

Extra links:

Governor Fallin's Executive Budget proposal - https://www.ok.gov/OSF/documents/bud18.pdf OK Policy statement on Governor Fallin's proposals - http://okpolicy.org/statement-lawmakers-heed-governor-fallins-call-fix-structural-deficit/ OK Policy's revenue options for a better budget - http://okpolicy.org/2017-policy-priority-revenue-options-better-budget/ Planet Money episode on the Trump administration's proposed 'border adjustment tax' - http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2017/02/01/512921756/episode-751-the-thing-about-that-border-tax