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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Friday December 2, 2011
Read more: Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Friday December 2, 2011Today: Wichita trip to Ghana; Register of Deeds returns funds; Transaction fee, or interest?; This is a cut?; Tax incentives questioned; Golden geese on the move; Rep. Hedke, author of new book, to speak; Economic freedom in America: The decline, and what it means.
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Kansas gas storage regulation might not improve safety
Read more: Kansas gas storage regulation might not improve safetyShould Kansans be relieved that government regulation and inspection of underground natural gas storage may be resumed soon?
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Wichita petition drive nears end
Read more: Wichita petition drive nears endWichita city leaders ought to take notice that citizens are so opposed to their actions that they will venture out in winter to gather signatures in opposition.
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Crony capitalism and social engineering: The case against tax-increment financing
Read more: Crony capitalism and social engineering: The case against tax-increment financingFar from being a boost to communities, tax increment financing (TIF) is harmful.
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Kansas PEAK program: corporate welfare wrapped in obfuscation
Read more: Kansas PEAK program: corporate welfare wrapped in obfuscationMany economic development programs, such as the Kansas Promoting Employment Across Kansas (PEAK) program, are surrounded by confusion that hides the economic reality of the transactions.
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Era of energy subsidies is over
Read more: Era of energy subsidies is overGovernment spending on energy programs is harmful and leads to suboptimal decisions made for political reasons, rather than letting markets and American ingenuity work write U.S. Representatives Mike Pompeo and Raul Labrador.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday November 28, 2011
Read more: Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday November 28, 2011Today: FHA risk; Boeing in Wichita; Wichita City Council; Harm of public-sector unions; Rep. Hedke, author of new book, to speak; Myth of spending cuts.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Wednesday November 23, 2011
Read more: Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Wednesday November 23, 2011Today: Standing up for fundamental liberties; Private property saved the Pilgrims; Did Grover Norquist derail the Supercommittee; Drive-through petition signing; Job creation; Experts.
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Bombardier Learjet should pay just a little
Read more: Bombardier Learjet should pay just a littleIn a presentation made to economic development officials, aviation manufacturer Bombardier LearJet speaks with pride of its investment in Kansas. But for the present project before the Sedgwick County Commission today, it appears that the company is planning to make no investment at all.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Tuesday November 22, 2011
Read more: Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Tuesday November 22, 2011Today: Ghana junket; Kansas job recovery seen as slow; Village West defaults; Pachyderm speakers.
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TIF and other subsidies harm Wichita
Read more: TIF and other subsidies harm WichitaEveryone who cares about Wichita — the entire city, not just special interests — ought to be opposed to the continued use of tax increment financing (TIF) districts and other forms of subsidy that direct benefits to a small group at the expense of everyone else.
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Wichita property taxes are high, leading to other problems
Read more: Wichita property taxes are high, leading to other problemsHigh business property taxes in Wichita cause officials to take an “active investor” role in economic development, despite evidence that this approach does not work.