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Are you a second class Kansan?
Read more: Are you a second class Kansan?The Kansas legislature is in the process of deciding how wide the separation will be between various classes of Kansans. State Senator Peggy Palmer, R-Augusta, and State Representative Judy Morrison, R-Shawnee, introduced bills in their separate legislative houses that would have exempted social security payments from the Kansas personal income tax this year.
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Public-sector lobbyists are exempt
Read more: Public-sector lobbyists are exemptBut local governments, public universities and Indian tribes are exempt from the limit, so they are able to shower members and their staffs with such goodies as luxury skybox tickets to basketball games and front-row concert tickets.
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Bill Davitt on blight
Read more: Bill Davitt on blightBill Davitt makes some excellent points about the dangers of giving politicians power to control blight through eminent domain. He also explains why it is best to vote for Carlos Mayans for mayor of Wichita.
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The Williams rules
Read more: The Williams rulesThe kind of rules we should have are the kind that we’d make if our worst enemy were in charge. My mother created a mini-version of such a rule. Sometimes she would ask either me or my sister to evenly divide the last piece of cake or pie to share between us. More times than…
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Wichita school board accounting
Read more: Wichita school board accountingMr. Gramke’s assertion that USD 259 spending is not increasing, and that the district has been cutting its budget for the four years before 2005 doesn’t square with the facts as I see them.
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A free society means inalienable rights
Read more: A free society means inalienable rightsWalter Williams Warns Against Tyrannical Majoritarianism.
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Higher Education Wants A Spending Spree
Read more: Higher Education Wants A Spending SpreeSoaring spending has not been spent evenly. The six Regents universities in Kansas initially asked for $727 million to fix deeply neglected buildings at these campuses. Governor Sebelius has performed a valuable service by responding that the Kansas Turnpike have higher tolls to fund this spending.
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A roadblock to private investment in Wichita
Read more: A roadblock to private investment in WichitaSo for the moment, a developer’s plan for a downtown hotel and conference center is blocked by a law, the Kansas preservation statute. What is the problem with the proposed building? “[the problem] is that it incorporates too many materials and features inconsistent with the surrounding buildings. That includes glass, marble, stainless steel, redwood and…
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Government vs. private investment and the downtown Wichita arena
Read more: Government vs. private investment and the downtown Wichita arenaA Wichita businessman proposes building an arena that, while not as large as the downtown Wichita arena being built by Sedgwick County, would provide some competition to the government-owned arena.
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Kansas lags fiscally again
Read more: Kansas lags fiscally againKansas is once again falling behind. The growth in state tax receipts has allowed the legislature to increase state spending. This revenue growth could also provide some much needed tax relief to try and make this state’s fiscal climate more competitive.
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The law vs. markets
Read more: The law vs. marketsOne of the criticisms of raising the minimum wage is that it is Congress substituting its judgment for the market’s in determining pay. While Congress can force an employer to pay an employee a minimum amount, it can’t force the employer to keep the employee.
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No end to increasing regulation
Read more: No end to increasing regulationContrary to the popular perception, Bush has been one of the most pro-regulation presidents — far more so than Democrat Bill Clinton, who, in many ways, was a better friend to the free market than Bush has been.