Brown: Not all in caucus agree on tax proposal

“Even if an income tax brings in a net same amount of money, it’s a more progressive tax base,” Sen. Joe McDermott said.

“An income tax is not a panacea,” he said, citing the 47 states around the country that have shortfalls this year.

Sen. Lisa Brown said there’s a “big diversity of opinion” in the caucus. “By putting forward a proposal of a high-earners or sometimes called a ‘millionaires tax,’ our goal is not to single out or target our more affluent citizens,” she said, but to give them “a chance to not send all their tax dollars to Washington, D.C.”

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