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Kansas should improve economic climate, rely less on incentives
Read more: Kansas should improve economic climate, rely less on incentivesKansas has a history of giving incentives to attract business. Despite this, businesses are leaving, and taking jobs and revenue with them, writes Maurice McTigue of the Mercatus Center.
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Thinking beyond stage one in economic development for Wichita
Read more: Thinking beyond stage one in economic development for WichitaIt’s hard to think beyond stage one. It requires considering not only the seen, but also the unseen, as Frederic Bastiat taught us in his famous parable of the broken window. But over and over we see how politicians at all levels of government stop thinking at stage one. This is one of the many…
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Southfork TIF should, again, be rejected
Read more: Southfork TIF should, again, be rejectedThe Wichita City Council should reject the formation of a new tax increment financing district in Wichita.
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Kansas Policy Institute to host economic development summit
Read more: Kansas Policy Institute to host economic development summitA summit on local economic development will be held in Wichita in April.
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Federal grants increase future local spending
Read more: Federal grants increase future local spendingNot only are we taxed to pay for the cost of funding federal and state grants, the units of government that receive grants are very likely to raise their own levels of taxation in response to the receipt of the grants. This creates a cycle of ever-expanding government.
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Cronyism in the tax code
Read more: Cronyism in the tax codeHow tax law is formed: “If you really want to understand the nature of our tax code, don’t ask yourself ‘Why are these provisions in the public interest?’ That’s not how taxes are passed. Ask yourself ‘Who benefits from these taxes, and how much political power do they have?'”
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In Kansas, planning will be captured by special interests
Read more: In Kansas, planning will be captured by special interestsThe government planning process started in south-central Kansas will likely be captured by special interest groups that see ways to benefit from the plan. The public choice school of economics and political science has taught us how special interest groups seek favors from government at enormous costs to society, and we will see this at…
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Kansas school superintendents defend low standards
Read more: Kansas school superintendents defend low standardsSedgwick and Butler county school superintendents argue for low student standards and misuse test data.
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Federal, United Nations planning imported to Wichita
Read more: Federal, United Nations planning imported to WichitaThe Sedgwick County Commission has decided to give a consortium of South Central Kansas governments and organizations broad control over community planning funded by a federal grant and based on a United Nations agenda.
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Sedgwick County should reject planning grant
Read more: Sedgwick County should reject planning grantFor many reasons, Sedgwick County ought to reject participation in a planning grant.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Tuesday April 3, 2012
Read more: Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Tuesday April 3, 2012Today: Arts funding; Arts censorship; Comparison of state comparisons; Ryan tax plan; Are earmarks returning?
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday April 2, 2012
Read more: Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday April 2, 2012Today: Action on sustainability; Economic development through competitiveness; Those populist Pachyderms; We just don’t understand, they say; Colleges indoctrinate students; Job creation; Markets: exploitation or empowerment?