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Table A-11
Average Annual Recommended Tax Changes as % of Prior Year's Spending through 1999
Top Tax Cutters
Top Tax Hikers
1.
William J. Janklow (R)
South Dakota
-1.5%
1.
Howard Dean (D)
Vermont
2.1%
2.
George E. Pataki (R)
New York
-1.3%
2.
John A. Kitzhaber (D)
Oregon
1.9%
3.
John G. Rowland (R)
Connecticut
-1.3%
3.
Jeanne Shaheen (D)
New Hampshire
1.6%
4.
Bill Graves (R)
Kansas
-1.2%
4.
Lawton Chiles (D)
Florida
1.5%
5.
David M. Beasley (R)
South Carolina
-1.0%
5.
Jim Edgar (R)
Illinois
1.3%
6.
Gary E. Johnson (R)
New Mexico
-0.9%
6.
Bob Miller (D)
Nevada
1.2%
7.
George W. Bush (R)
Texas
-0.9%
7.
Marc Racicot (R)
Montana
1.1%
8.
Christine T. Whitman (R)
New Jersey
-0.8%
8.
Lincoln Almond (R)
Rhode Island
0.9%
9.
Mike Huckabee (R)
Arkansas
-0.8%
9.
George V. Voinovich (R)
Ohio
0.8%
10.
E. Benjamin Nelson (D)
Nebraska
-0.7%
10.
Angus S. King Jr. (I)
Maine
0.6%
Table A-12
Change in Top Personal Income Tax Rate (% points)
(including governors' recommended changes which were not enacted)
Tax Cutters
Tax Hikers
1. Terry E. Branstad (R)
Iowa
-4.52
1. Howard Dean (D)
Vermont
1.754
2. Benjamin J. Cayetano (D)
Hawaii
-1.5
2. Edward T. Schafer (R)
North Dakota
1.204
3. Pete Wilson (R)
California
-1.4
3. Roy Romer (D)
Colorado
1.0
4. Tom Carper (D)
Delaware
-1.3
3. Jim Edgar (R)
Illinois
1.0
5. Tommy G. Thompson (R)
Wisconsin
-1.03
5. Arne H. Carlson (R)
Minnesota
0.5
6. George E. Pataki (R)
New York
-1.025
6. George V. Voinovich (R)
Ohio
0.3
7. Christine T. Whitman (R)
New Jersey
-0.63
No Others
8. Gary E. Johnson (R)
New Mexico
-0.5
8. Frank Keating (R)
Oklahoma
-0.5
10. Lincoln Almond (R)
Rhode Island
-0.396
11. Parris N. Glendening (D)
Maryland
-0.25
12. E. Benjamin Nelson (D)
Nebraska
-0.24
13. John Engler (R)
Michigan
-0.2
13. Michael O. Leavitt (R)
Utah
-0.2
No Others
Table A-13
Change in Top Corporate Income Tax Rate (% points)
(including governors' recommended changes which were not enacted)
Tax Cutters
Tax Hikers
1. John G. Rowland (R)
Connecticut
-3.0
1. Howard Dean (D)
Vermont
1.5
2. Pete Wilson (R)
California
-1.395
2. Mel Carnahan (D)
Missouri
1.25
3. Roy Romer (D)
Colorado
-1.0
3. Jim Edgar (R)
Illinois
0.4
4. James B. Hunt Jr. (D)
North Carolina
-0.75
No Others
5. George E. Pataki (R)
New York
-0.5
6. Christine T. Whitman (R)
New Jersey
-0.375
7. John Engler (R)
Michigan
-0.05
No Others