Voice for Liberty

Federal rules serve as ‘worms’ buried in promises of ‘free money’

August 5, 2015

An often unappreciated mechanism throughout the Kansas budget severely limits the ability of legislators and governors to adapt to changing state priorities. A new paper from Kansas Policy Institute explains.
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Michael Tanner: Going for Broke: Deficits, Debt and the Entitlement Crisis

August 4, 2015

Cato Institute Senior Fellow Michael Tanner speaks about his new book, “Going for Broke: Deficits, Debt and the Entitlement Crisis,” at a luncheon of the Wichita Pachyderm Club, July 31, 2014.
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Sedgwick County WATC funding trajectory following manager’s recommendations

August 4, 2015

Sedgwick County taxpayers have been generous with funding for Wichita Area Technical College, and the former county manager has recommended reducing its funding.
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Release the secret Iran deals

August 4, 2015

For those of us who are elected officials, few votes will be more consequential than whether to approve or disapprove the nuclear agreement President Obama has reached with Iran. Yet the president expects Congress to cast this vote without the administration’s fully disclosing the contents of the deal to the American people, write Representative Mike…
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Cash incentives in Wichita

August 4, 2015

Wichita city leaders are proud to announce the end of cash incentives, but they were only a small portion of the total cost of incentives.
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WichitaLiberty.TV: Michael Tanner of Cato Institute on deficits, debt, and entitlements

August 3, 2015

In this episode of WichitaLiberty.TV: Michael Tanner of the Cato Institute talks about his new book “Going for Broke: Deficits, Debt, and the Entitlement Crisis.” Episode 90, broadcast August 2, 2015.
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In Wichita, benefitting from your sales taxes, but not paying their own

August 3, 2015

A Wichita real estate development benefits from the sales taxes you pay, but doesn’t want to pay themselves.
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Sedgwick County spending beneficiaries overwhelm others

August 3, 2015

That so many speakers at a public hearing were in favor of government spending is not surprising.
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Public radio ignores facts, pushes rhetoric on Kansas school funding

July 30, 2015

A Kansas radio news reporter seems not to care about reporting facts about Kansas school spending.
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The real free lunch: Markets and private property

July 29, 2015

As we approach another birthday of Milton Friedman, here’s his article where he clears up the authorship of a famous aphorism, and explains how to really get a free lunch
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Sedgwick County Zoo funding

July 28, 2015

The Sedgwick County Commission has been generous with zoo funding, spending far more than agreed upon and granting a moratorium on loan payments and interest.
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For Sedgwick County Zoo, a moratorium on its commitment

July 28, 2015

As the Sedgwick County Zoo and its supporters criticize commissioners for failing to honor commitments, the Zoo is enjoying a deferral of loan payments and a break from accumulating interest charges.
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