Author: Bob Weeks
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Raising minimum wage not the solution
As calls mount to raise the federal minimum wage, we need to remember that this law — as well-intentioned as it may be — is not the solution to unemployment or raising the standard of living of workers.
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Wichita decides to join sustainable communities planning
The City of Wichita has decided to embrace centralized government planning.
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Special interest groups capture government
As Wichita and the surrounding region start to develop a government plan to manage our future, we have to be vigilant to ensure that the process is not co-opted or appropriated by special interest groups that see the planning process as a way to profit at the expense of everyone else. Unfortunately, the average person…
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ALEC should resist liberal pressure groups
Liberals can’t stand American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) because it is a strong and influential advocate for free market and limited government principals in state legislatures, and as a result are smearing it with unfounded charges of racism.
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Pompeo: Compromise has meant increased spending
Political compromise has lead to increased spending at the expense of taxpayers, says U.S. Representative Mike Pompeo.
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Sedgwick County migration
Sedgwick County is losing people and their income to other states.
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In Wichita, private sector employment lags behind government
In Wichita, government employment growth outstrips private sector employment.
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Wichita may choose more centralized planning
This Tuesday the Wichita City Council will consider its participation in the REAP sustainable communities planning process. Wichita ought to reject this expansion of centralized planning, as the outcome will likely serve special interests at the expense of economic growth and jobs for everyone else.
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Wichita pension plan report
First, the good news: The condition of Wichita Employees’ Retirement System is nowhere near as dire as Kansas Public Employee Retirement System, or KPERS.. But the city is having to make much higher contributions to keep the plan funded. These contribution rates are likely to increase, as the plan relies on unrealistic assumptions.
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Hauser’s law, or raising taxes won’t work
Hauser’s law illustrates that raising tax rates doesn’t generate more revenue.
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Taxes are expensive
It’s very expensive to comply with the federal tax code, requiring the equivalent of 3,500,000 people.
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Thinking beyond stage one in economic development for Wichita
It’s hard to think beyond stage one. It requires considering not only the seen, but also the unseen, as Frederic Bastiat taught us in his famous parable of the broken window. But over and over we see how politicians at all levels of government stop thinking at stage one. This is one of the many…