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Lincoln Journal Star on Feb. 12 — Supporters of single consumption tax say it would be epic, revolutionary, grand

Replacement of Nebraska’s property, sales and income taxes with a single-rate consumption tax would be so alluring that “we’ll have to build a wall around our state,” Sen. Steve Erdman of Bayard said Wednesday. …

Speaking in opposition, Tiffany Friesen Milone said enactment of the proposed constitutional amendment would “require huge hikes to the sales tax that will fall disproportionately on middle-income Nebraskans.”

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Lincoln Journal Star on Feb. 12 — Supporters of single consumption tax say it would be epic, revolutionary, grand

Replacement of Nebraska’s property, sales and income taxes with a single-rate consumption tax would be so alluring that “we’ll have to build a wall around our state,” Sen. Steve Erdman of Bayard said Wednesday. … Speaking in opposition, Tiffany Friesen Milone said enactment of the proposed constitutional amendment would “require