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Sedgwick County considers a planning grant
Read more: Sedgwick County considers a planning grantSedgwick County’s consideration of a federal planning grant raised a host of issues, including buying in to the Obama Administration agenda and the roles and relationships of federal and local governments.
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Warren Buffet’s secretary: marginal vs. average, Hauser’s Law
Read more: Warren Buffet’s secretary: marginal vs. average, Hauser’s LawSome of the confusion surrounding Warren Buffet’s secretary and her taxes comes from the failure to distinguish between average and marginal tax rates. Then, there’s Buffet’s tax-avoiding behavior, which illustrates Hauser’s Law.
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Kansas school spending: the deception
Read more: Kansas school spending: the deceptionKansas school spending advocates like Mark Desetti of the Kansas National Education Association (KNEA) use only a small portion of school spending when making presentations, letting them be accurate and deceptive at the same time.
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Research on state taxes: Kansas should cut
Read more: Research on state taxes: Kansas should cutAs Kansans prepare to debate whether to reduce our state’s income taxes, there will be those, such as Rhonda Holman of the Wichita Eagle, who will urge caution before proceeding with reducing taxes. Others will claim that government taxation and spending is what makes the state’s economy grow. Two research papers illustrate the need to…
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday September 26, 2011
Read more: Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday September 26, 2011Today: Who creates jobs?; Pompeo to address Pachyderms; Supremes to make road trip; March for the chicken; Economic freedom.
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Kansas tax overhaul skeptics
Read more: Kansas tax overhaul skepticsSkepticism about the need for tax overhaul in Kansas is often based on misconceptions, as illustrated in a Wichita Eagle editorial.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Friday September 23, 2011
Read more: Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Friday September 23, 2011Today: Downtown Wichita site launched; Keystone pipeline hearing, bus trip; Health care reform; Pompeo defends against Obama’s attack on aviation; Wichita corporate welfare opposed; The trap of job creation.
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Kansas needs pro-growth policies
Read more: Kansas needs pro-growth policiesA theme of Kansas Governor Sam Brownback when he spoke in Wichita this week was jobs and opportunities, and how Kansas needs pro-growth policies to break out of a slump.
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Wichita City Council campaign contributions and Douglas Place/Ambassador Hotel
Read more: Wichita City Council campaign contributions and Douglas Place/Ambassador HotelMaking contributions to candidates for political office is part of the American political process. But for the Wichita City Council, we see a troubling trend of contributions made by people who also ask the council for money.