Voice for Liberty

Kansas school funding formula is badly broken

October 14, 2011

If the school funding formula is consistently providing more money than necessary to operate schools, we should put the money where it’s really needed or give it back to taxpayers.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Thursday October 13, 2011

October 13, 2011

Today: Wichita city leaders too cozy with developers?; Obama economic strategy questioned; Public vs. private; Kansas tax policy; Petition drive is on; Kansas education scores mixed; ‘Federalists’ author to appear in Wichita; Kansas gas wells appraisals; Lieutenant Governor in Wichita; Urban renewal.
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Intellectuals against the people and their freedoms

October 13, 2011

Why are so many opposed to private property and free exchange — capitalism, in other words — in favor of large-scale government interventionism? Lack of knowledge, or ignorance, is one answer, but there is another.
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Economic freedom in America: The decline, and what it means

October 12, 2011

The decline in economic freedom in the U.S. leads to slow growth in the private sector economy and persistently high unemployment.
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Herman Cain: My interview

October 11, 2011

In July 2010, some 15 months ago, I had a chance to interview Herman Cain, who is now at or near the top of the polls of Republican presidential candidates. At the time his name was starting to be seen on lists of possible presidential candidates. Following is what I wrote at the time.
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The Wichita Eagle on naysayers: a disservice to Wichita

October 10, 2011

While the Wichita Eagle criticizes those it calls “naysayers,” it is the newspaper’s editorial board itself that is harmful to the people of Wichita and their economic freedom.
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The politically-motivated attack on Koch Industries

October 10, 2011

The more scrutiny the Bloomberg article attacking Koch Industries receives, the worse it looks.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday October 10, 2011

October 10, 2011

Today: AFP meeting features former Congressman Tiahrt; Government planning; Longwell joins Democrats to defeat Republicans; Optimal size of government; Steve Jobs; Lieutenant Governor in Wichita; When governments cut spending.
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Courtyard Hotel up again for tax breaks

October 10, 2011

The request for tax breaks by an Old Town Wichita hotel raises several questions of public policy, and illustrates the need for pay-to-play laws in Wichita.
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Powerline on Bloomberg, Koch Industries

October 7, 2011

The recent piece by Bloomberg Markets on the purported faults of Koch Industries is being revealed as another example of the politically-motivated slash-and-burn pieces that have become common at media outlets with a liberal political agenda.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Wednesday October 5, 2011

October 5, 2011

Today: Green energy in Kansas; Economic development in Wichita; The first rough draft of the Solyndra story; Democrats Anonymous.
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Kansas and its own Solyndra

October 5, 2011

At this moment, we can’t say that Kansas has its own version of Solyndra, the subsidized and politically-connected solar energy firm that recently shut down its operations and declared bankruptcy. But as far as absorbing the important lessons from Solyndra, we may have another chance to learn them in Kansas.
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