Oklahoma lawmakers want to rid our state of taxes, but with no plan B to pay for local government • Oklahoma Voice

Oklahoma lawmakers want to rid our state of taxes, but with no plan B to pay for local government • Oklahoma Voice

Lawmakers want to overhaul Oklahoma's property tax system. (Photo by Arto Canon/Getty Images)A growing chorus of Oklahoma leaders apparently wants to rewrite Ben Franklin’s adage about life’s only two guarantees: death and taxes. Death, sadly, remains a certainty.  But if the Republicans campaigning their way through the legislative session get their way, taxes will no longer be inevitable. That sounds great, if you live in a fantasy land. Lawma…