Kansas ends conservative experiment

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http://www.kansascity.com/news/state/kansas/article22685010.html

The state's budget problems arose after the GOP-dominated Legislature slashed personal income taxes in 2012 and 2013 at Brownback's urging as an economic stimulus.

Brownback's plan would raise $428 million during the fiscal year beginning July 1, a little more than what's needed to close the budget gap. A majority of the new dollars would come from increasing the sales tax to 6.65 percent from 6.15 percent and the cigarette tax by 50 cents a pack, to $1.29 from 79 cents.
 
I thought the economy was great?

By the way if they ended the experiment they would have raised income tax
 
Just Kansas?

I don't think Brownback is alone in his ideological approach

Because Kansas did in fact elect him
 
Kansas is unique in that it is the state where the tax-cutting has gone the furthest, to the extent that the state has been running out of money for things like schools. As in, the schools don'thave enough money to stay open.

But you're absolutely right - Kansas elected him and re-elected him, so this is what they signed up for
 
Remember the conservative philosophy. Cut taxes on the wealthy and cut government spending. Smaller government is the key. Just like good ole Reagan did it. Oh wait....
 
Remember the conservative philosophy. Cut taxes on the wealthy and cut government spending. Smaller government is the key. Just like good ole Reagan did it. Oh wait....
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Obama is still a failure. Sorry.

If only he could have failed as bad as Reagan
 
Remember the conservative philosophy. Cut taxes on the wealthy and cut government spending. Smaller government is the key. Just like good ole Reagan did it. Oh wait....
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Obama is still a failure. Sorry.

If only he could have failed as bad as Reagan
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What, 11years in a row? Yeah well, the ducks are still cheaters so there.
 
Greece is just about to finish their own experiment.

I have always been a fan on sales tax. At least then, the deadbeats pay their share, as long as it's offset by a decrease in income and property tax. The only reason Oregon doesn't have a sales tax is because the left feel it's unfair to the few poor but mostly lazy deadbeats, and the right know bringing the tax just adds another one to their already 80% share that the middle class pay.
 
Jobs suck ...

The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.3 percent in April, a slight increase from 4.2 percent in March but a bit lower than the 4.5 percent rate in April 2014. The state has 11,300 jobs more compared to last year, but lost 2,300 jobs compared to last month.

I wonder why the fact Kansas is a full percent lower in unemployment than the country isn't the headline.

Tax cuts work to stimulate economy ...
 
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Jobs suck ...

The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.3 percent in April, a slight increase from 4.2 percent in March but a bit lower than the 4.5 percent rate in April 2014. The state has 11,300 jobs more compared to last year, but lost 2,300 jobs compared to last month.

I wonder why the fact Kansas is a full percent lower in unemployment than the country isn't the headline.

Tax cuts work to stimulate economy ...
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http://www.deptofnumbers.com/unemployment/kansas/

Show me how the tax cuts reduced unemployment. Given that historically Kansas had has lower unemployment than the country. And when they lay off a bunch of government workers, how will that affect the unemployment rate?
 
Sales tax. The most regressive of all taxes.
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Is that why progressive Washington loves it so much?
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It is actually really weird that WA state uses sales taxes for most of its revenue.
http://www.eoionline.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/tax-reform/ConciseHistoryWATaxStructure-Aug02.pdf
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Washington is one of the most regressive tax structures in the country. That's one of the reasons tech companies are located here. That's one reason I moved back to Washington from Montana. Is it better to pay 6% of all my earnings, or 9% of what I spend outside of housing and food, which is a large portion of spending.
 
Kansas is unique in that it is the state where the tax-cutting has gone the furthest, to the extent that the state has been running out of money for things like schools. As in, the schools don'thave enough money to stay open.

But you're absolutely right - Kansas elected him and re-elected him, so this is what they signed up for
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this isn't true.

not true at all, in fact.

 
Kansas is unique in that it is the state where the tax-cutting has gone the furthest, to the extent that the state has been running out of money for things like schools. As in, the schools don'thave enough money to stay open.

But you're absolutely right - Kansas elected him and re-elected him, so this is what they signed up for
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this isn't true.

not true at all, in fact.
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Stop it.

Nobody uses facts around here.
 
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