Modern Day Reaganomics in Kansas

[piece-itpete]

Look at GPD growth per year. It's remarkably unchanged, until loose cash and derivatives came along.

Pete

[finnbow]

"TOPEKA, Kan. — Democratic challenger Paul Davis sought Tuesday to give his campaign for Kansas governor a bipartisan boost by announcing endorsements from more than 100 moderate Republicans who’ve split with conservative GOP Gov. Sam Brownback over education and tax policy.

The disaffected Republicans include outgoing Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger, three former Kansas Senate presidents and three former Kansas House speakers. More than half are former legislators, and the list includes former U.S. Rep. Jan Meyers, who represented the Kansas City-area 3rd District from 1985 to 1997.

They announced that they formed Republicans for Kansas Values because of their concerns about the aggressive personal income tax cuts enacted at Brownback’s urging. They called the reductions a reckless fiscal experiment and suggested Brownback’s administration has been hostile to public education."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/nation...e42_story.html

The natives are restless.

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by finnbow

The natives are restless.

Looks like it's a close race.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epo...avis-4146.html

Maybe some people in Kansas are starting to wake the fuck up.

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by finnbow

"TOPEKA, Kan. — Democratic challenger Paul Davis sought Tuesday to give his campaign for Kansas governor a bipartisan boost by announcing endorsements from more than 100 moderate Republicans who’ve split with conservative GOP Gov. Sam Brownback over education and tax policy.

The disaffected Republicans include outgoing Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger, three former Kansas Senate presidents and three former Kansas House speakers. More than half are former legislators, and the list includes former U.S. Rep. Jan Meyers, who represented the Kansas City-area 3rd District from 1985 to 1997.

They announced that they formed Republicans for Kansas Values because of their concerns about the aggressive personal income tax cuts enacted at Brownback’s urging. They called the reductions a reckless fiscal experiment and suggested Brownback’s administration has been hostile to public education."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/nation...e42_story.html

The natives are restless.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...nsues/?hpid=z2

Indeed! Brownback's butt appears to be cooked. Couldn't happen to a more deserving buncha crooks.

This what happens to a state when the crazy town wing of the Republican party gets their hands on the levers of power uncontested.

[BlueStreak]

It would be nice to see Kansas turn blue, or at least purple. That would show all of these he-man Republican blowhards that it can happen pretty much anywhere in the U.S..

Of course, they would never face the fact that it's something they're doing wrong. No, it would be because we're all "jealous of their wealth and too lazy to get our own" or we "drank the Kool-Aid" or we've been fooled by the Sinister Leftwing Conspiracy.

No, you lose because you're a dick.

Dave