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>> what do you want to do with the state income tax? >> get it to zero. the whole thing. >> the whole thing. kansas governor sam brownback didn't actually make it all the way to zero, but he came close. in 2012, kansas passed a tax bills that cut the state's highest income tax rates and completely exempted small business income. the state general fund is now projected to be over a billion dollars in the red by 2019. at some level, none of this should be surprising. many kansas republicans ran on a platform of slashing tax revenue, the people elected them, followed through and slashed tax reven...

The state income tax? >> get it to zero. the whole thing. >> the whole thing. kansas governor sam brownback didn't actually make it all the way to zero, but he came close. in 2012, kansas passed a tax bills that cut the state's highest income tax rates and completely exempted small business income. the state general fund is now projected to be over a billion dollars in the red by 2019. at some level, none of this should be surprising. many kansas republicans ran on a platform of slashing tax revenue, the people elected them, followed through and slashed tax revenue, and now the state is broke....

Well, one of our all-platform journalists, chris welsh, took a look at this situation in st. paul. >> i don't know what else to do, i mean, there's nowhere you can go. i don't have any family or anything, so i don't know where else to go. >> reporter: that is peter, he lost a job and his home. he lives with diabetes, but on april 1st, he'll also be without health care. that's because minnesota governor tim pawlenty has cut the state's insurance program for the poorest individuals. i sat down with peter and a man named arnold here at this homeless resource center. both men used the state's gene...

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