Kansas has a budget surplus and taxes should be reduced, but not with the proposed flat tax. In his Oct. 5, Great Bend Tribune public forum letter, Kansas Policy Institute CEO, Dave Trabert, offered readers a copy of his 2018 book, “What Was Really the Matter with the Kansas Tax Plan.” The last chapter of the book describes Trabert’s approach to his role as a professional propagandist. It includes statements such as: Truth is irrelevant. Restructure ... perceptions to create the position you desire. Messaging must be ... relentless. Trabert’s Nov. 11 letter is an example of this. He claimed the impact of a tax reduction on the state economy would be much more with the proposed flat tax than with our current three bracket income tax. He noted that with a flat tax, as income increases, the tax rate on the next dollar of income does not increase. A taxpayer does not move into a higher tax bracket because there is no higher tax bracket to move into.