Author: Bob Weeks
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Friday April 29, 2011
Today: George Soros: Not just sinister; also stupid; legislators at work for you 372 days a year; Kansas doesn’t benefit from alternative certification.
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Leading index for Kansas economy improves, but lags behind peers
For the second month in a row, an indicator of future economic growth in Kansas has improved, but the index is below the national value and values for surrounding states.
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KPERS solution not likely this session
Kansas lawmakers seem unlikely to make reforms to the Kansas Public Employees Retirement system (KPERS) in the 2011 legislative session.
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Kansas Chamber finds voters favor cuts, not tax increases to balance budget
A survey of Kansas voters conducted on behalf of the Kansas Chamber of Commerce found widespread support for cutting spending rather than raising taxes as the way to balance the Kansas budget. Support was also found for cutting state worker salaries, or reducing the number of state employees.
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Economist: KPERS must undergo serious reform
Barry W. Poulson, retired professor of economics at the University of Colorado, said that Kansas legislators are finally starting to realize the importance of dealing with the unfunded liability in the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System (KPERS), but cautioned that proposals currently in the legislature don’t contain the fundamental cost-saving reforms that are needed and…
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Kansas governor should veto arts commission funding
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback can do the human spirit and all the people of Kansas a favor by vetoing government funding of the arts in Kansas.
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Many want to cut budgets … but
Many people want to cut budgets in general, but specific programs are more difficult to cut, as recent action by the Sedgwick County Commission shows.
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Study looks at spending, strategy in cap and trade debate
While those who advocate cap and trade legislation charge that conservatives, particularly Charles and David Koch, have outspent them, a study finds the opposite.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday April 25, 2011
Today: American exceptionalism; Wichita City Council this week; The Great American Bailout; “Not yours to give rally” in Topeka; Kansas Bioscience Authority benefits from exemptions; The presidency in liberal society.
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Hazlitt’s ‘Economics in One Lesson’ relevant today
Economics In One Lesson, first published in 1946 and recently reissued by the Ludwig von Mises Institute, explains fallacies (false or mistaken ideas) that are particularly common in the field of economics and public policy.
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Ludwig von Mises: A quick introduction
A short book available online lets readers become acquainted with the ideas of Ludwig von Mises and why his ideas are important to freedom and liberty.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Friday April 22, 2011
Today: Kansas populism to be topic at Pachyderm; “Not yours to give rally” in Topeka.