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WichitaLiberty.TV: Wichita’s blatant waste, Transforming Wichita, and how you can help
Read more: WichitaLiberty.TV: Wichita’s blatant waste, Transforming Wichita, and how you can helpLet’s ask that Wichita trim its blatant waste of tax dollars before asking for more. We’ll look back at a program called Transforming Wichita. Then: We need to hold campaigns accountable. I’ll give you examples why, and tell how you can help.
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Fact-checking Yes Wichita: NetApp incentives
Read more: Fact-checking Yes Wichita: NetApp incentivesIn making the case that economic development incentives are necessary and successful in creating jobs, a Wichita campaign overlooks the really big picture.
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Fact-checking Yes Wichita: Paved streets
Read more: Fact-checking Yes Wichita: Paved streetsWill the proposed Wichita sales tax result in more paved streets? It depends on what you mean by “pave.”
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Kansas sales tax reform: Revenue booster?
Read more: Kansas sales tax reform: Revenue booster?Kansas has a problem with sales tax exemptions, but the potential revenue boost from reform is not as great as commonly mentioned, unless Kansas wants to place its manufacturers at severe disadvantage.
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‘Transforming Wichita’ a reminder of the value of government promises
Read more: ‘Transforming Wichita’ a reminder of the value of government promisesWhen Wichita voters weigh the plausibility of the city’s plans for spending proposed new sales tax revenue, they should remember this is not the first time the city has promised results and accountability.
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Labor unions have harmed our standard of living
Read more: Labor unions have harmed our standard of livinglabor unions reduce the supply and productivity of labor and so reduce the supply and raise the prices of the goods and services their members help to produce, thereby reducing real wages throughout the economic system, writes George Reisman.
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Wichita planning results in delay, waste
Read more: Wichita planning results in delay, wasteWichita plans an ambitious road project that turns out to be too expensive, resulting in continued delays for Wichita drivers and purchases of land that may not be needed.
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As Wichita asks for more taxes, it continues to waste what it has
Read more: As Wichita asks for more taxes, it continues to waste what it hasThe lights are on at the Wichita Transit Center on a sunny day — on a day the buses are not running.
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Wichita arena sales tax not a model of success
Read more: Wichita arena sales tax not a model of successSupporters of a new sales tax in Wichita use the Intrust Bank Arena as an example of successful application of a sales tax.
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When Wichita officials promise to look out for your interests, remember last summer
Read more: When Wichita officials promise to look out for your interests, remember last summerWhen the City of Wichita tells citizens that it will thoroughly investigate and vet potential economic development projects and partners, remember what the city did just last summer.
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State and local tax burdens presented
Read more: State and local tax burdens presentedAn interactive visualization lets you see the tax burden for residents in any state, and see how the state’s rank has changed over time.
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Where’s Wichita’s water, and about that sales tax
Read more: Where’s Wichita’s water, and about that sales taxFormer Wichita mayor Bob Knight explained that when he left office in 2003, we were assured we had water for 50 years. What has happened?