Eliminating taxes might be popular to preach but people deserve realism

By: Niki Kelly

Outlets: Indiana Capital Chronicle

Published: June 12, 2026

Words: 583

Last Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago

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It might be popular to argue for eliminating taxes, but it’s also intellectually dishonest and disingenuous.

First, it was the individual income tax. More recently, I hear talk about abolishing property taxes. And now that Gov. Mike Braun has suspended multiple taxes on gas, some Hoosiers want those taxes permanently gone as well.

These impractical ideas are in online chatter, letters to the editor and discussions around the Cracker Barrel table. I get …

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