Author: Bob Weeks
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Pompeo at Pachyderm on economy, budget
U. S. Representative Mike Pompeo of Wichita addressed members and guests of the Wichita Pachyderm Club, with members interested in the economy and budget issues.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday October 3, 2011
Today: Wichita City Council; What if the NFL Played by Teachers’ Rules?; Do-nothing Hoover?; Kansas school cash; John Locke to appear in Wichita.
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Kansas schools’ unspent funds on the rise — again
New data from the Kansas Department of Education show that Kansas public schools increased their operating carryover cash reserves by $93.7 million in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2011.
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Ken-Mar TIF district, the bailouts
Circumstances surrounding the Ken-Mar shopping center in northeast Wichita illustrate how inappropriate it is for the city to serve as either entrepreneur or partner with entrepreneurs, and is another lesson in how Wichita needs pay-to-play laws.
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NAT GAS Act: Markets are better able to decide
The real lesson to be learned from Solyndra is that government is not equipped to act as entrepreneur. We need to apply that lesson to natural gas powered vehicles before it is too late.
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Sedgwick County considers a planning grant
Sedgwick County’s consideration of a federal planning grant raised a host of issues, including buying in to the Obama Administration agenda and the roles and relationships of federal and local governments.
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Warren Buffet’s secretary: marginal vs. average, Hauser’s Law
Some of the confusion surrounding Warren Buffet’s secretary and her taxes comes from the failure to distinguish between average and marginal tax rates. Then, there’s Buffet’s tax-avoiding behavior, which illustrates Hauser’s Law.
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Kansas school spending: the deception
Kansas school spending advocates like Mark Desetti of the Kansas National Education Association (KNEA) use only a small portion of school spending when making presentations, letting them be accurate and deceptive at the same time.
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Research on state taxes: Kansas should cut
As Kansans prepare to debate whether to reduce our state’s income taxes, there will be those, such as Rhonda Holman of the Wichita Eagle, who will urge caution before proceeding with reducing taxes. Others will claim that government taxation and spending is what makes the state’s economy grow. Two research papers illustrate the need to…
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday September 26, 2011
Today: Who creates jobs?; Pompeo to address Pachyderms; Supremes to make road trip; March for the chicken; Economic freedom.