Interestingly this was the premise behind Brownback's tax plan in Kansas:
Small businesses were being held back by their tax burden. They wanted to invest more capital in their businesses, to scale up and hire more people. They had untapped opportunities in the market that they could not pursue because they didn't have the money that they would have if their taxes were lower.
Ratings agencies downgraded Kansas's bonds, forcing the
state to pay more in borrowing costs. Funding for state
school programs fell, and the Kansas Supreme Court ruled
the state government was not adequately funding schools.
Earlier this year, legislators grappled with a budget
deficit of almost $900 million.
In 2016, voters kicked out a handful of anti-tax
Republicans, in favor of challengers who backed higher
taxes, despite Brownback's opposition.
> Small businesses were being held back by their tax burden.
It's never taxes on profits that holds small businesses back. It's all the annoying things you need to do to employ people[1]. Best thing the government could do for small businesses is provide healthcare and decent pensions for workers. Which would be two fewer things for a business owner to worry about. Having the state employment agency handle payroll would also really really help. (For a small business payroll is a big headache always)
[1] Also important is lack of access to capital and uneven income.
What would be really great is if there were no income or payroll taxes. If you want to work for someone or hire someone you, just exchange money for labor. It would be so liberating. Maybe start income tax at $1 million like the old days and just let us lower income people get to work.
Small businesses were being held back by their tax burden. They wanted to invest more capital in their businesses, to scale up and hire more people. They had untapped opportunities in the market that they could not pursue because they didn't have the money that they would have if their taxes were lower.
Here's how that worked out: http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/336684-kansas-legisl...