Ty Masterson shares with Sam Brownback the stigma of Kansas’ failed tax experiment

By: H. Edward Flentje

Outlets: Kansas Reflector

Published: September 14, 2026

Words: 803

Last Updated: 4 days, 6 hours ago

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Kansans may remember the rise and spectacular fall of Gov. Sam Brownback’s disastrous tax experiment, which was designed to eliminate the state income tax. Less well known to Kansans is the key role that current gubernatorial candidate Ty Masterson played in the enactment and execution of the failed experiment.

The plan enacted by Republican lawmakers in 2012 gave Kansas four years of unbalanced budgets, unfair tax increases, and historic debt.

By 2016, Kansans had seen …

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