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Huelskamp at RightOnline: Debt is the problem
Read more: Huelskamp at RightOnline: Debt is the problemAt the RightOnline conference in Minneapolis, U.S. Representative Tim Huelskamp of the Kansas first district told the general session audience that federal spending and debt is a threat to the future of America, and that we must use the opportunity of the upcoming debt ceiling vote to force spending cuts.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday June 20, 2011
Read more: Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday June 20, 2011Today: CIDs to start collecting tax; Wichita City Council; Wichita’s riverside parks to be topic; Pompeo noted for opposition to opposition to energy spending.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday June 13, 2011
Read more: Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday June 13, 2011Today: Wichita City Council; Arts jobs lost already?; American politics, viewed from down under; California parent trigger attacked; Medical board’s powers; Chief Justice to speak in Wichita; More ‘Economics in One Lesson’; Climate change resource launched.
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Rich States, Poor States author to be in Wichita
Read more: Rich States, Poor States author to be in WichitaKansas Policy Institute and the Wichita Independent Business Association are hosting a breakfast event featuring Jonathan Williams, one of the authors of Rich States, Poor States: ALEC-Laffer State Economic Competitiveness Index.
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Wichita and its political class
Read more: Wichita and its political classDiscussion at a Wichita City Council meeting provided an opportunity for citizens to discover the difference in the thinking of the political class and those who value limited government and capitalism.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday June 6, 2011
Read more: Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday June 6, 2011Today: Wichita school superintendent to speak; TIF in California and Kansas; More “Economics in One Lesson”; “Running on Empty” tour in Kansas; MRCTV announced; Kansas census data added; Markets: exploitation or empowerment?
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For Wichita, Save-A-Lot teaches a lesson
Read more: For Wichita, Save-A-Lot teaches a lessonThe announcement that a Save-A-Lot grocery store will proceed — contrary to the claims of developers and city staff who rely on their information — should provide a lesson that economic development in Wichita can and will happen without public assistance.
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Stossel: The state against blacks
Read more: Stossel: The state against blacksJohn Stossel’s most recent television program was titled “The State Against Blacks,” and it dealt with the topics of affirmative action, welfare, and the minimum wage.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Sunday June 5, 2011
Read more: Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Sunday June 5, 2011Today: Wichita City Council this week; Resources on Austrian economics; Wichita Save-A-Lot owner commended; Pompeo forum.
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Sedgwick County, Golf Warehouse, reveal shortcomings in procedure
Read more: Sedgwick County, Golf Warehouse, reveal shortcomings in procedureA decision by the Sedgwick County Commission to grant a forgivable loan of $48,000 to The Golf Warehouse is yet another example of local government relying on corporate welfare as economic development, and exposes how little deliberation is given to making these decisions.
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Arts won’t go away in Kansas
Read more: Arts won’t go away in KansasAround the country Kansas is being portrayed by government arts supporters as having taken a giant step backwards. For those who value the tenets of classical liberalism — liberty, individualism, skepticism about power, spontaneous order, free markets, limited government, and peace, to name a few — Kansas has moved forward. It’s sad and telling that…