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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday October 24, 2011
Read more: Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday October 24, 2011Today: Wichita City Council; ‘Federalists’ author to appear in Wichita this week; Rep. Huelskamp to speak in Wichita; Kansas tax reform; The debt of the states; Freedom of the press; Student loans; Obama makes a great appointment; Libertarianism works both ways.
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Kerpen on Obama’s regulatory extremism
Read more: Kerpen on Obama’s regulatory extremismA new book details the ways that President Obama is bypassing Congress and the will of the people in order to implement his extreme radical agenda.
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Kansas automobile dealers benefit from protectionist law
Read more: Kansas automobile dealers benefit from protectionist lawKansas automobile dealers are protected by a law that restricts the entry of new dealers to a market, and therefore reduces competition and its benefits to the consumer.
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The government-as-business myth
Read more: The government-as-business mythGovernment officials, including those in Wichita, may believe they are operating government like a business. But that can’t happen.
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At Wichita City Council, a big company asks for a forgivable loan
Read more: At Wichita City Council, a big company asks for a forgivable loanJohnson Controls, a very large company, asks the Wichita City Council for a small forgivable loan.
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Wichita economic development: And then what will happen?
Read more: Wichita economic development: And then what will happen?Critics of the economic development policies in use by the City of Wichita are often portrayed as not being able to see and appreciate the good things these policies are producing, even though they are unfolding right before our very eyes. The difference is that some look beyond the immediate — what is seen –…
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Friday October 14, 2011
Read more: Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Friday October 14, 2011Today: Kansas school reform; Occupy Wall Street vs. Jobs; OWS and Tea Party united?
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Kansas school funding formula is badly broken
Read more: Kansas school funding formula is badly brokenIf 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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Intellectuals against the people and their freedoms
Read more: Intellectuals against the people and their freedomsWhy 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
Read more: Economic freedom in America: The decline, and what it meansThe decline in economic freedom in the U.S. leads to slow growth in the private sector economy and persistently high unemployment.