Author: Bob Weeks
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Libertarianism site launched
Libertarianism.org provides a resource covering liberty and its benefits.
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Wichita Eagle on KPERS misses the mark
A recent editorial by Phillip Brownlee far understates the magnitude of the problem with Kansas Public Employee Retirement System, or KPERS, and fails to recognize problems with possible solutions.
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Giving away the store to get a store
Wichita will again chase the dream of “something for nothing” when it considers establishing a tax increment financing, or TIF, district at its December 6th meeting. The following article explains why this is a bad idea.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Thursday November 3, 2011
Today: Energy bill to be introduced today; Crony capitalism disputed; Kansans For No Income Tax; Misguided efforts to improve capitalism; Markets: exploitation or empowerment?
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The use of regulation by business, contrary to markets
Business often uses government regulation as way to harm its competitors or gain advantage for itself, which is contrary to the principles of free markets and capitalism.
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Huelskamp on spending, health information database, and Buffett
Addressing members and guests of the Wichita Pachyderm Club last Friday, U.S. Representative Tim Huelskamp of the Kansas first district updated the audience on national spending and debt, a health information database that poses privacy risks, and Warren Buffett’s taxes.
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School choice savings not being considered in Kansas
According to the reporting surrounding the revision of the Kansas school finance formula, Kansas is overlooking a sure way to save money and improve Kansas schools: widespread school choice.
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Johnson Controls loan not needed
The Sedgwick County Commission will consider making a forgivable loan that is not needed.
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Pompeo to introduce ‘Energy Freedom and Economic Prosperity Act’
U. S. Representative Mike Pompeo of Wichita plans to introduce the “Energy Freedom and Economic Prosperity Act,” a bill that would eliminate all tax credits related to energy.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday October 31, 2011
Today: Wichita City Council; Crony capitalism; Kansas pensions; Global economics to be discussed in Wichita; Progress, or not; Business and politics.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Wednesday October 26, 2011
Today: Tax increment financing; Tax incentives questioned; The Moral Case Against Spreading the Wealth; Political pretense vs. market performance; Increasing taxes not seen as solution.