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Paying for tax cuts
Read more: Paying for tax cutsCommentary surrounding two recent tax cuts reveals the backwards thinking about taxes that is common.
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No Child Left Behind Leaving Many Behind
Read more: No Child Left Behind Leaving Many BehindRecently an Associated Press article reported how the test scores of some two million children aren’t being counted, due to a loophole in the No Child Left Behind Act. (See ‘No Child’ loophole misses millions of scores at CNN, April 18, 2006.)
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Judicial Scandal Grows
Read more: Judicial Scandal GrowsThe Kansas legislature’s school spending spree is racing the latest developments in the judicial-legislative misconduct scandal over school finance in Kansas. The outcome of this race could influence the size of the spending spree going on at the Kansas statehouse right now. The latest revelations on the school finance scandal brings the governor into the…
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Summary of blogging on judicial ethics in Kansas
Read more: Summary of blogging on judicial ethics in KansasNews accounts report that there will be an investigation into the lunch that Kansas Supreme Court Justice Lawton Nuss shared with legislators. If it is the Kansas Commission on Judicial Qualifications that performs this investigation, I doubt we will see much happen.
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The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
Read more: The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first CenturyThis interesting book explains in detail what many people already know: that advances in technology — and in politics to some degree — have made the world a smaller place. Not only have manufacturing jobs been moved overseas, but white-collar jobs such as accountant, computer programmer, radiologist, and many others can be done from anywhere…
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Kansas Judiciary Gets National Criticism
Read more: Kansas Judiciary Gets National CriticismKansas Judiciary Gets National Criticism Karl Peterjohn, Kansas Taxpayers Network The school finance litigation began in the 1980’s in Kansas and has continued and expanded in the 21st Century. The first lawsuit was tragic, but now Kansas is becoming a judicial joke, albeit a very expensive demonstration of judicial activism and contempt for the democratic…
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Is Kansas Competitive?
Read more: Is Kansas Competitive?Is Kansas Competitive? Karl Peterjohn, Kansas Taxpayers Network Is the Kansas economy competitive? State revenues are growing and Governor Sebelius and other state spending proponents are promoting a consultant’s report that ranks Kansas as 10th for “Pro Business States for 2006,” according to Pollina Corporate Real Estate, Inc. consulting service. This was a big jump…
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Consider carefully all costs of gambling in Wichita
Read more: Consider carefully all costs of gambling in WichitaIn a free society dedicated to personal liberty, people should be able to gamble. But that’s not what we have, as in a free society dedicated to personal liberty, people wouldn’t be taxed to pay for the problems that others cause in the pursuit of their happiness. How does this relate to the issue of…
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Senate spending spree blows roof off Kansas capitol
Read more: Senate spending spree blows roof off Kansas capitolThe government school spending spree is erupting in the Kansas senate today. The senate took up the horrific house passed HB 2986 this morning. Over three years Sen. Karin Brownlee said this bill would cost a total of $1.38 billion.
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A Return to republican (small “r”) government
Read more: A Return to republican (small “r”) governmentWould you rather live in a republic or a democracy?
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Increase our awareness of taxes
Read more: Increase our awareness of taxesAs the annual tax deadline is upon us, we should take a moment to examine our level of awareness of the taxes we pay.
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Let markets fund arts and culture
Read more: Let markets fund arts and cultureFormer Wichita City Council member and present Arts Council chairwoman Joan Cole wrote an article titled “City needs dedicated arts funding” that appeared in the March 16, 2006 Wichita Eagle. This article advocates continued and increased government funding for arts in Wichita. In her article Mrs. Cole mentions a policy that she seems to approve…