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United States Government Spending (dot com)
Read more: United States Government Spending (dot com)I recently discovered usgovernmentspending.com. It seems like a great place to get data not only for the federal government, but for the states, too.
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Bailouts National and Local
Read more: Bailouts National and LocalA post at the Wichita Eagle Editorial blog titled Either way, taxpayers will pay for failing GM illustrates how when government and business become highly intertwined, a self-sustaining behemoth is created that can’t be slain. We say an example of this locally this year in Wichita, when a taxpayer subsidy to a development turned out…
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In Kansas, Tax Increases Loom
Read more: In Kansas, Tax Increases LoomAs Kansas confronts a disastrous budget, the danger of tax increases is large. As reported by David Klepper in Shortfall means painful budget cuts for Kansas, “Because of declining tax revenue, Kansas faces a $1 billion deficit in next year’s budget, on top of a more than $140 million shortfall in the current budget year.”…
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A Change in Climate for Climate Change Policy
Read more: A Change in Climate for Climate Change PolicyFrom our friends at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, one of the many outstanding state-level research institutes working for liberty and free markets. A Change in Climate for Climate Change Policy By Kathleen Hartnett White November 5, 2008 Come what dramatic political and economic changes may occur, a refrain persists within the media, industry, and…
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Pencils Reveal the Impossibility of Government Planning
Read more: Pencils Reveal the Impossibility of Government PlanningI, Pencil is one of the most important and influential writings that explain the necessity for limited government. A simple object that we may not give much thought to, the story of the pencil illustrates the importance of markets and the impossibility of centralized economic planning. The size and scope of government, both at the…
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Kansas highway spending has not boosted economy
Read more: Kansas highway spending has not boosted economyWho isn’t in favor of good streets and highways? Don’t we need roads, highways, and bridges so that our economy can function? The problem with most studies that pump up the benefit of government spending is that they omit something very important: the cost of these projects, and who pays. A solution that I favor…
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Climate change resource center launched
Read more: Climate change resource center launchedWhen evaluating the claims of radical environmental extremists, people need accurate and reliable information about global warming and climate change. To this end, I’ve started a Climate Change Resource Center page, where readers can find links to reliable sources of information.
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Top 100 libertarian blogs. I’m in.
Read more: Top 100 libertarian blogs. I’m in.Sarah Scrafford has produced a very useful list: The Top 100 Libertarian Blogs. I’m happy to report that my blog, The Voice For Liberty in Wichita, made the cut.
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Wichita student writing makes me wonder
Read more: Wichita student writing makes me wonderA comment left to one of my videos on YouTube reads exactly like this: no we need the bond issue because hes not in school and some schools do not have things that good like rich schools and they need to vote yes and plus it would give us a good sports things and more…
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The Obama education agenda, applied to Kansas
Read more: The Obama education agenda, applied to KansasEducation writer Diane Ravitch issues a verdict in her piece The Obama Education Agenda: “Despite White House press claims to the contrary, NCLB has been a huge disappointment, and its failure is not due to lack of funding.” That’s not what we hear in Kansas. Schools constantly complain about inadequate funding, and sue the state…
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Let Parents Choose. School Choice Works.
Read more: Let Parents Choose. School Choice Works.The Alliance For School Choice has a new campaign called “School Choice Works.” The website supporting this effort is at www.letparentschoose.org. If you care about the future of education in Kansas, I urge you to sign up to join this effort. You’ll receive some useful things from them, including a free School Choice Works bumper…
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Climate change alarmism in Kansas is expensive
Read more: Climate change alarmism in Kansas is expensiveToday’s Wichita Eagle reports on the high cost of climate change mitigation. (Climate cleanup costs could trickle down) Before Kansans commit to expensive courses of action that will be ineffective, we need to consider the wisdom of this action.