Governors Sam Brownback and Scott Walker Use the Same Playbook

Listening to their masters' voices. 

An excerpt from Conservative Experiment Faces Revolt in Reliably Red Kansas. (The New York Times, 9/14/2014)

Walker has Brownback beat by nearly $500,000,000.   But then Wisconsin's budget is 3 times the size of Kansas'.

Other budget shortfall posts:
You don't have to inhale deeply to catch a whiff of Wisconsin here.  (9/15/2014)
Yes, projected budget shortfall nearly tripled in less than 4 months.  (9/14/2014) 
Remember that day in March?  (9/11/2014)
The Beloit Daily News editorial board supposes.  (9/11/2014)
State Senator Paul Farrow responds to Legislative Fiscal Bureau memo with snarly campaign rhetoric.  (9/9/2014)
Robin Vos and Sheila Harsdorf Are "Putting Taxpayers First".  (9/8/2014)
When is a "Statement on Legislative Fiscal Bureau Memo" a Republican campaign commercial.  (9/8/2014)
Projected Wisconsin budget shortfall deja vu.  (9/8/2014)
Joint Committee on Finance co-chair cites the need to manage the taxpayers' money well (in 2012).  (9/8/2014)