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The Benefits of a State Personal Income Tax

  

Author:
Dick Lavine /(512) 320-0222 x 101

June 2, 2010

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CPPP Senior Fiscal Analyst Dick Lavine offered this invited testimony on the problems facing Texas' regressive, inadequate tax system to the Texas Senate Select Committee on Public School Finance Weights, Allotments, and Adjustments during their meeting in San Antonio on May 19.

As you listen to the audio below, download and follow along in the powerpoint presentation that Dick distributed to the committee members.

Audio of the full meeting is available here.