Wednesday, March 11, 2015

About that Kansas 'live' experiment in tax cutting


This self-serving gentleman* thinks things are just fine and dandy.

Photo credit:  The Riverfront Times
Text source:  Salina Journal

(*Be sure to take a look at this document:  A Reporters’ Guide to Rex Sinquefieldand the Show-Me Institute:   What Reporters, Citizens, and Policymakers Need to Know.  (Center for Media and Democracy / The Progressive Inc. / Progress Missouri, April 2014)

The Salina (KS) Journal takes a look at the 'Emperor's New Clothes'.  (3/10/2015)
  • State of Kansas budget deficits
    • $344,000,000 in current fiscal year
    • $1,000,000,000 over next two fiscal years
  • Taxes
    • sales tax raised
    • increased tax on alcohol and tobacco on the table
  • State's credit rating downgraded
  • Funding reduced for schools and highways

Add it to the list of failed experiments.



Show-Me Institute

Other Kansas tax cut debacle posts:
Unable to rev up voters in November, Kansans now turn to damage control.  (2/13/2015) 
How desperate and foolish is Kansas Governor Sam Brownback?  (2/10/2015)
A Washington Times exercise in myopia.  (1/5/2015)
Dear Governor Brownback, a "real-live experiment" in red-state governance isn't going to reverse a 120-year trajectory.  (12/25/2014)
Dueling Headlines, or, Just because Sam Brownback says it, doesn't mean it's so.  (12/20/2014)
KC Healthy Kids needs to work on its timing.  (12/20/2014) 
Sam Brownback: "The sun is shining in Kansas and don't let anyone tell you different."  (12/11/2014)
Why it's probably best not to be in Kansas anymore.  (12/11/2014)
So....does this make Sam Brownback a liar?  (12/10/2014)
Scott Walker takes his tax cut cues from Sam Brownback.  (11/13/2014)
Scott Walker, Sam Brownback, and Rick Scott: The comeback copycats.  (10/25/2014)
Governors Sam Brownback and Scott Walker use the same playbook.  (9/15/2014)
You don't have to inhale deeply to catch a whiff of Wisconsin here.  (9/15/2014)
It's not a pretty picture for Kansas Governor Sam Brownback.  (7/18/2014)
As Kansas becomes increasingly irrelevant, a goofy sideshow.  (2/14/2014)

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