Author: Bob Weeks
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Sedgwick County votes for harmful intervention
It’s harmful when citizens are not armed with information and research. But when government officials and bureaucrats with the power to tax and plan our economies are uninformed, people suffer as our economy becomes less prosperous than it could be.
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Business tax credits more desired than zero tax rates
A Kansas business welfare program is more attractive and valuable than elimination of the Kansas corporate income tax, at least for some influential corporations in Kansas.
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Why is business welfare necessary in Wichita?
A company in Wichita requires business welfare in order to capture a new business opportunity. What’s wrong with this picture?
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Sedgwick is a red county in a pink state
Sedgwick County is bleeding income.
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Kansas Democrats on school spending
Kansas Democrats are circulating a graphic that, while probably superficially accurate, fails to present the larger picture of Kansas school spending.
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Could Wichita be the next Detroit?
That Detroit has declared bankruptcy: Does this mean anything for Wichita?
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For Kansas progressives, it’s all about school spending, not performance
Kansas progressives keep the focus on school spending and away from inconvenient facts that harm schoolchildren.
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Where is the downtown Wichita tax base?
There’s been much investment in downtown Wichita, we’re told, but the goal of increasing the tax base is farther away rather than closer.
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WichitaLiberty.TV July 21, 2013
In this episode of WichitaLiberty.TV, host Bob Weeks recommends the Crony Chronicals website and explains the harm of cronyism. Westar, our electric utility, is asking for a rate increase, and cronyism is part of the application. Finally, Wichita Mayor Carl Brewer feels he can’t shop for his personal car in Wichita, but dishes out no-bid…
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Paying taxes, but not quite
A complicated economic development mechanism used in Wichita hides the true business welfare transaction.
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In Wichita, there’s no option for dissent
A citizen outreach system implemented by Wichita doesn’t let participants express disapproval of ideas when voting.
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Regulations, even well-intentioned, may be dangerous
A regulation intended to save children resulted in many more deaths. The reason is the lulling effect.