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This is Governor Steve Beshear ... About Kentucky.
As Kentucky grows out of the global economic recession,
now's the time to move our tax system into the twenty-first century.
Kentucky's tax system served us well during the recession.
But to prepare ourselves to compete in the future,
we must - in a thoughtful and nonpartisan way - realign our system with the
principles of fairness and a twenty-first century economy.
I asked Lieutenant Governor Jerry Abramson to lead the 23-member
Blue Ribbon Commission on Tax Reform.
The commission is wrapping up four months of town hall meetings held from
Paducah to Prestonsburg.
These meetings allow us to hear what Kentuckians think about our tax code,
where it needs to be changed, and where it must be improved.
The commission has no preset notion of what changes need to be made.
By listening to our citizens, we're learning not only their perceptions
about how our tax revenue is raised but also their thoughts about the adequacy
of taxes to meet the needs of a state facing dynamic shifts in education,
workforce training, early childhood development, aging, and health care.
The commission members will issue their recommendations to me by the end
of this year.
Improving Kentucky's tax structure is yet another way to ensure that
government works for the people, not against them.
This is Governor Steve Beshear ... About Kentucky.