Property tax relief remains Nebraska Farm Bureau focus

Property tax relief remains Nebraska Farm Bureau focus

Nebraska Farm Bureau president Steve Nelson, speaking at the group’s annual meeting in Kearney.

It’s estimated that Nebraska tax revenues could exceed forecasts by more than 100 million dollars in the coming year. Nebraska Farm Bureau president Steve Nelson says all of it needs to go towards property tax relief.

“One of the things that I find very frustrating is listening

to the legislature worry about whether they’ll be able to give millions of

dollars of Nebraska taxpayers’ money away to lure companies to our state via

business tax credits—when, in fact, people who are already living here are

being hammered by property taxes,” Nelson says.

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