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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.
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Supercommittee fails at tiny goal
Read more: Supercommittee fails at tiny goalThe failure of the Congressional Supercommittee to meet such a small and modest goal is not good news, as the real problems are much larger.
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Kansas school spending facts ignored by many
Read more: Kansas school spending facts ignored by manyA recent Lawrence Journal-World editorial that was repeated in the Wichita Eagle made several claims about Kansas schools that don’t hold up under scrutiny. Unfortunately, the editorial is an example of how difficult it is to have a reasoned discussion of Kansas school issues.
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Tax increment financing: The right tool for Wichita jobs?
Read more: Tax increment financing: The right tool for Wichita jobs?Tax Increment Financing (TIF) is an economic development tool that uses the expected growth (or increment) in property tax revenues from a designated geographic area of a municipality to finance bonds used to pay for goods and services calculated to spur growth in the TIF district. The analysis performed for this study found TIF does…
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Thursday November 10, 2011
Read more: Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Thursday November 10, 2011Today: Occupy Wall Street; Johnson Controls; Save-A-Lot store opens; Teacher pay; Ranzau, Skelton to speak; Making economics come alive; Economics in two minutes.
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Focus on Kansas school funding formula is a distraction
Read more: Focus on Kansas school funding formula is a distractionAs Kansas struggles with a formula for financing schools, we’re losing an opportunity to examine our schools and see if they’re performing as well as they should, both financially and academically
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Libertarianism site launched
Read more: Libertarianism site launchedLibertarianism.org provides a resource covering liberty and its benefits.
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Wichita Eagle on KPERS misses the mark
Read more: Wichita Eagle on KPERS misses the markA recent editorial by Phillip Brownlee far understates the magnitude of the problem with Kansas Public Employee Retirement System, or KPERS, and fails to recognize problems with possible solutions.
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Giving away the store to get a store
Read more: Giving away the store to get a storeWichita will again chase the dream of “something for nothing” when it considers establishing a tax increment financing, or TIF, district at its December 6th meeting. The following article explains why this is a bad idea.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Thursday November 3, 2011
Read more: Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Thursday November 3, 2011Today: Energy bill to be introduced today; Crony capitalism disputed; Kansans For No Income Tax; Misguided efforts to improve capitalism; Markets: exploitation or empowerment?