Fallin Noncommittal On Income Tax Cut
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin noncommittal on income tax cut
By Randy Ellis
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin was noncommittal Thursday about whether her proposed budget for next fiscal year will include an income-tax cut after receiving projections that revenues available for appropriation will be down $170.8 million.
“We’re going to continue to talk to the Legislature about what is possible this legislative year as far as it relates to tax cuts,” Fallin said. “We still believe in that as a state, but we do have a lot of other needs in Oklahoma.”
Alex Weintz, the governor’s spokesman, was more succinct.
“We have to see two things: What’s fiscally possible and what’s politically possible,” Weintz said.
The governor said she continues to support philosophically the idea of a tax cut and believes lowering taxes is important in successfully competing with other states.