The following press release was sent to the media on January 16, 2006. It summarizes the results of a tax 
comparison study requested by Dave Nabity. The research team consisted of retired business executives 
and university professors. For detailed charts showing study results, click on the following three links.

State Tax Comparison Charts:  Upper Income Level       Middle Income Level       Modest Income Level

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Rhonda Porter: 402-391-2273, Dave Nabity: 402-618-6759

Research Shows Nebraska Taxes Way Too High

Nabity Urges Major Tax Reform

(January 16, 2006—Lincoln, NE)  Today, in support of a call for major tax reform in Nebraska, candidate for governor 
Dave Nabity cited research that shows Nebraska’s taxes are higher than six example states to which Nebraskans are 
known to move after retirement.


The survey, completed by Nabity’s research team, lists tax rates for three different income and economic levels in the following cities: 
Omaha, Nebraska; Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Sarasota, Florida; Austin, Texas; Tucson, Arizona; Colorado Springs, Colorado; and
Cheyenne, Wyoming. Total taxes in the comparison cities range from 32% to as much as 82% lower than taxes for comparable income 
levels in Nebraska (see figures in attached charts—get printable versions on the Web at http://www.davenabity.com/research.cfm.


“For the past two years, I have been sounding the alarm to Nebraskans on taxes and the discrepancy between our state and others,” 
Nabity said. “We must examine our tax system and figure out how to shrink the size of government and bring significant tax relief to 
citizens—not just pennies, as Dave Heineman is recommending. And we need to send in a governor who will make reforms now, 
not four to eight years from now!”


“The reason for urgency is simple. We are losing many of our taxpayers to other states when they sell their businesses or when 
they retire,” Nabity said. “Many of these folks pay the lion’s share of taxes in our state. When they leave Nebraska for other
states, the tax burden is left to the rest of us.”


“There is no question that if you are going to live in any state in America, you must pay some form of taxes for the right to live there.
We all have to ‘pay to stay’ in our state of residence,” Nabity said. “However, we should be asking ourselves, ‘At what point has 
our tax environment gone too far beyond what should be tolerated?’ State government must become responsible stewards of the 
hard-earned money we send them.”


“The numbers from this study prove that Nebraskans are overtaxed and that the bloated governmental system we have allowed to 
evolve is costing all of us way too much money,” Nabity said. “These other states have figured out a way to function without high 
taxation and it is time that Nebraska does the same.”


Nabity continued, “To bring real tax relief to Nebraska citizens—not the slight tax reduction the governor is promoting—we must
modernize and streamline our state, so we can shrink the size of government and stop spending so much. This will require a 
top-to-bottom performance review of every area of state government, a redesign of the way we deliver services and meet citizens’ 
needs, a new simplified tax code that promotes growth, and the creation of new economies that don't exist today, such as new 
tourism and recreation.”


“Any time or money spent on candidates who cannot or will not do these things is a complete waste of time,” Nabity added. “Any 
vote that goes to a candidate who does not make the remodeling of Nebraska a first priority is an absolutely wasted vote.”


“No more pandering, no more political ceremony, no more fluff!” Nabity urged. “We need a governor who is going to tackle the
re-creation of Nebraska enthusiastically, so we can become one of the most efficiently-run states in America—so our tax 
environment is just as competitive as other states’. Then, and only then, will be we able to make Nebraska into the jewel 
of the Midwest and create the prosperous future we all are hoping for.”

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Dave Nabity for Governor

9140 West Dodge, Suite 100

Omaha, NE 68114

(402) 391-2273