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With all due respect Mr. President, that is not true
Read more: With all due respect Mr. President, that is not trueWhat isn’t true? On January 9, President-elect (now President) Barack Obama said “There is no disagreement that we need action by our government, a recovery plan that will help to jump start the economy.” Not everyone agrees with our new president. The Cato Institute placed a full-page advertisement the New York Times today. Its statement…
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Did Kansas Governor Order Budget Cuts Last Year?
Read more: Did Kansas Governor Order Budget Cuts Last Year?Has the Kansas budget already been cut for fiscal year 2009, the budget year ending June 30, 2009? Some people think so. A commenter to this blog says “the Governor did order these cuts,” referring to cuts made starting last summer. But is this the case? I asked the governor’s office about this, and they…
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Do Kansas Budget Cuts Pose a Threat to Wichita Education?
Read more: Do Kansas Budget Cuts Pose a Threat to Wichita Education?Representative Jim Ward, Democrat from Wichita and former Wichita school board member, stated in a KAKE Television news story “If you cut $10 million, you’re now cutting into the bone, the marrow, and you’re going to have a significant impact on the ability to deliver education.” The $10 million Rep. Ward refers to is the…
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Public Forum on Kansas Property Tax Reform
Read more: Public Forum on Kansas Property Tax ReformThe Flint Hills Center for Public Policy is holding public forums on Proposition K, an effort to reform property taxes in Kansas. The first of these meetings will be held on Thursday, January 29 at 6:00pm at Willowbend Golf Club (8001 Mulberry Drive in NE Wichita). The public is invited to attend. Here’s a link…
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Nashville Shows Need for Kansas Property Tax Reform
Read more: Nashville Shows Need for Kansas Property Tax ReformUsing the small town of Nashville, Kansas, a KWCH Television news story shows why property tax reform is needed in Kansas. Specifically, reform of the appraisal process is required. In Nashville, just by cleaning up his property, a homeowner’s property taxes doubled. Proposition K would, in part, introduce predictable growth in appraisals, which would eliminate…
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Green Jobs: Fact or Fiction
Read more: Green Jobs: Fact or FictionOne of the seemingly compelling arguments made by proponents of green energy is that the shift to different types of energy production would create many jobs and be good for the economy. This argument is particularly appealing right now, as job losses are stacking up. The article Green Jobs: Fact or Fiction examines four studies…
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The True Danger of the Current Economic Crisis
Read more: The True Danger of the Current Economic CrisisThomas Sowell explains that the true danger we face is not recession or even a depression, but the permanent expansion of government that lingers forever: No matter how many times President Barack Obama tells us that these ?extraordinary times? call for ?swift action,? the kind of economic policies he is promoting take effect very slowly,…
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Economic Stimulus: Timing is Everything
Read more: Economic Stimulus: Timing is EverythingWhen I took macroeconomics in college way back in the 70’s, people actually believed in Keynesian economic theory. It was in the textbooks. One of the problems with government attempting to stimulate the economy the Keynesian way is the matter of timing. By the time we’re sure we’re in a recession, Congress passes laws, and…
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Term Limits in Wichita
Read more: Term Limits in WichitaIn Wichita, city council members and the mayor are limited to serving two four-year terms. Last February the Wichita Eagle reported that some council members were considering a measure to end term limits. The main reason for wanting to do away with term limits is the perception that time and experience are required in order…
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American Majority Candidate Training in Kansas
Read more: American Majority Candidate Training in KansasRecently I attended a campaign training event produced by American Majority. This event was targeted to candidates and their supporters for city council and school board offices. Dennis Wilson is the Kansas Board Chairman of American Majority. He just completed service as a member of the Kansas Senate. Addressing the audience, he said that individual…
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Redesigning Kansas County Government: Follow-up
Read more: Redesigning Kansas County Government: Follow-upLast week I reported on a talk that Kansas Senator Kansas Senator Chris Steineger, Democrat from Kansas City, delivered to some 300 citizens at Americans For Prosperity’s Defending the American Dream Summit in Wichita. One of the things Steineger believes is that Kansas has too many counties, a legacy from the days of travel to…
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Didn’t Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation free your ancestors?
Read more: Didn’t Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation free your ancestors?The hypocrisy of Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation came in for heavy criticism. His Secretary of State William Seward said, “We show our sympathy with slavery by emancipating slaves where we cannot reach them and holding them in bondage where we can set them free.” … President Obama can be forgiven for celebrating the hypocrisy of Abraham…