Five tax plans emerge from House committee

Five revenue plans - theoretically new, actually recycled - were to be considered by the House Democratic and Republican caucuses as early as today after brief tryouts before the House Finance Committee Tuesday.

The most likely to emerge is the plan to set a 4.5 percent flat rate income tax, which Speaker Jimmy Naifeh has been promoting for several weeks.

But four other revenue plans were discussed Tuesday afternoon in the all-comers