Silver Arrows
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Where's the dude that religiously subscribed to Brownback's economic policies, even though he was from Australia?
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Hard times for Kansas and its schools as economic 'experiment' creates gaping budget
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Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
Came here to post this. Just wait 10 years.
I heard they get birthday cakes too.
Definitely a majority of states. How many states right now have a republican controlled legislature and governorship? The only thing holding back a lot of those states from disaster was the federal government and now that safety net is about to disappear. The richest states (mostly Blue states and Texas) will probably be fine for 4 years though.
Meh. If they reduce federal taxes - there's no reason why states can't raise taxes to make up for the shortfall. It'd bring a little more local control. Oh wait...GOP controls like 35 state governments.
the problem was that the tax breaks weren't big enough.
Whew gives me hope for the rest of the nation.. I was about to say!!!
Laevateinn
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This article is interesting but it fails to take into account the huge benefit of making Australians irrationally happy.
The problem is Obama was behind the veil keeping Kansas down. With Obama gone, things will get better after a few more tax cuts.
The problem is Obama was behind the veil keeping Kansas down. With Obama gone, things will get better after a few more tax cuts.
Haha. People were confused as to why the state was falling apart after the governor promised his tax cuts would turn Kansas into a paradise? I guess that's one way of putting it.
I'm sure smart, young people just love living in a state with rundown schools, highways and medicare. Along with skyrocketing sales tax. Oh, and having to live in Kansas instead of a modern city. Once they get their small business going, it'll all be worth it!
Maybe the governor misspoke and meant that all the dumb, young people would stick around.
ErasureAcer
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Aliens need to put a scathing message in the corn for this idiot.
old manatee
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I'm sure the money will trickle down from somewhere.
And the Democrats won't even try to defend themselves but will instead try to argue that they aren't as liberal as their republican opponents are painting them. Rinse and repeat.
The Maverick
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The free market will save us all. *laughs*
demosthenes
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Harvard, get on this case study please.
Dubbedinenglish
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So wait, you are telling me Republican economic polices are harmful? I, for one, am shocked.
When you don't properly fund education and don't give public education the dedicated focus it deserves, don't be surprised when you end up with an poorly educated population with limited economic viability. Defunding education is never a sane approach to improving education. Only republicans think or say "the best way to improve public education is to spend less on it." They sure as hell would never say that about the military.
hodayathink
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To be fair, Kansas does have half of a modern city. Kinda.
SapientWolf
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Why is it so hard to elect people that can do math?
Haha yeah. Where is that guy? He was obnoxiously incompetent
TheLaughingStock
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The problem is they're disproportionately benefiting the wrong groups of people.
MHWilliams
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As far as I know, deep tax cuts for the rich has never been a driver for growth. It's one of those boondoggles that is trotted out and never works.
That money isn't reinvested by many, it's saved.
That money isn't reinvested by many, it's saved.
Of course by "social issues", I'm sure you mean things that were decided by the moral and social curve of America decades ago that pockets of backwards sub-cultures will never be able to get over even if it means keeping their families in the poorhouse.
Suikoguy
I whinny my fervor lowly, for his length is not as great as those of the Hylian war stallions
You mean like the Trump tax cut plan?
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The Autumn Wind
Uneducated people vote Republican. It's not a bug, it's a feature.
So the problem was never the tax cuts... but saving?
Ban saving, cut taxes to zero!
TheLaughingStock
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No, I mean like Obama's tax cut plans or George W Bush. Trump still has time to change course and not make the same mistake. The GOP could really pull of something special if they did more for the little guy and less for people like me who are doing much better than the rest. Why they refuse to do this and sellout is something I don't understand because they would crush Democrats if they were willing to do the right thing.
Black Mamba
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The entire point of the GOP is to screw the lower and middle class. Helping out the people you speak of is an anathema to their doctrine.
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The Autumn Wind
Yeah, those are called Democrats.
Makes me wonder what your reasons for voting for them are.
They're actually talking about INCREASING military spending while cutting education, medicaid, and environmental protections.
Their excuse for the latter getting cut is that we're broke and have massive debt. The excuse for the increase in military spending is because our "military sucks and we need to make it great again!".
This fucking country man.....
They should do what I did in SimCity when I was a kid:
Set the tax rate to 0 and use cash cheats to refill your coffers.
DUH.
Good Job Bob
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Because the GOP is in the pockets of the ultra-wealthy. Their donors fund them with the express purpose of receiving massive tax cuts.
Suikoguy
I whinny my fervor lowly, for his length is not as great as those of the Hylian war stallions
Not quite that simple, I think a good chunk of them actually believe in Trickle Down Economics, others just use it as a good excuse.
Abstrusity
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There are times when tax cuts for the rich WOULD work -- this is not one of those times. In no place in the USA would it work currently, because the problem isn't one of overburdened with taxes businesses, it's under-burdened with business businesses.
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The Autumn Wind
I don't think anyone was doing that. We generally love you criminal bastards.
Yeah but since it sounds fair and reasonable everyone falls for it over and over again.
Tallshortman
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As a reminder Kansas was already several hundred million under when Brownback was re-elected. Hard to feel bad for the people who voted for him again. It's been a continuous disaster since literally day one.
Yes it's commonly believed by a good majority of economists that you hit a point of diminishing returns and further tax cuts will not boost the economy enough to make up for the lost revenue. Tax rates are already some of the lowest since the federal income tax was implemented. Obviously there is a good balance, wherein you don't want to overtax, but arch-conservative idealogues like brownback don't subscribe to pragmatism.
Yes it's commonly believed by a good majority of economists that you hit a point of diminishing returns and further tax cuts will not boost the economy enough to make up for the lost revenue. Tax rates are already some of the lowest since the federal income tax was implemented. Obviously there is a good balance, wherein you don't want to overtax, but arch-conservative idealogues like brownback don't subscribe to pragmatism.
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