Voice for Liberty

Because arts are important, government funding should be avoided

March 22, 2011

The more important to our culture we believe the arts to be, the stronger the case for getting government out of its funding.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Tuesday March 22, 2011

March 22, 2011

Today: Progressive government; identity theft possible; is the automobile this bad?; mayor recalled; public union issues.
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Federal spending on autopilot

March 21, 2011

Together Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and interest on the debt presently consume about 48 percent of federal spending. But if nothing changes, these programs will grow to consume 90 percent of federal spending by 2084.
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Kansas migration trends

March 21, 2011

The migration trend of Kansas households is improving, but the trend of income is not.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday March 21, 2011

March 21, 2011

Today: Wichita City Council this week; government the problem; budget worse than thought; Detroit turns schools over to charters; The State and the Intellectuals; global warming panic explained.
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In Kansas schools, follow the money

March 19, 2011

Kansas public schools hold cash while threatening cuts.
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Quantitative easing: another round?

March 18, 2011

Another round of expansionist monetary policy in the form of quantitative easing 3 could be on the way.
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Who benefits, loses from regulation?

March 17, 2011

Who benefits and loses from increased regulation of greenhouse gases?
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Kansas Arts Commission survives

March 17, 2011

The Kansas Senate votes to override an executive order canceling the Kansas Arts Commission.
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Judges are lawmakers

March 16, 2011

In a democracy like ours, should lawmakers be selected democratically?
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday March 14, 2011

March 14, 2011

Today: Kansas Democrats: EITC cut is a tax increase; historian to visit Wichita; Kansas parents’ property tax challenge is dismissed.
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TIF, a Wichita ‘tool,’ might be on the way out in California

March 13, 2011

Tax increment financing (TIF), a key component for the financing of the revitalization of downtown Wichita, might be on the way out in California.
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