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Abuse Of Tax Funds Must Stop
Read more: Abuse Of Tax Funds Must StopThe following is from the Kansas Taxpayers Network. It shows how government-funded organizations participated in the campaign to increase Sedgwick County taxes. Taxpayers’ funds are being used to promote higher taxes in Kansas. Tax funds are also being used to lobby for higher taxes (see VI. and 1. above). This is an egregious mess that…
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Letter to Kansas Legislators regarding Sedgwick County arena tax
Read more: Letter to Kansas Legislators regarding Sedgwick County arena taxI am writing to express my opposition to the legislature granting Sedgwick County the authority to raise its county-wide sales tax in order to fund the proposed downtown Wichita arena.
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Open letter to Wichita City Council regarding AirTran subsidy
Read more: Open letter to Wichita City Council regarding AirTran subsidyI am writing to express my concern about the upcoming renewal of the subsidy being paid to AirTran Airways. You may recall that I appeared before the Council last May and spoke in opposition to the subsidy. Since then I have learned more about the Fair Fares program.
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Wichita News Media Coverage of Downtown Arena Issue
Read more: Wichita News Media Coverage of Downtown Arena IssueOther people in Wichita’s news business appeared to lack basic factual information about the arena vote. As part of its election night coverage, one prominent Wichita television news anchor interviewed Mr. Karl Peterjohn of the Kansas Taxpayers Network. Mr. Peterjohn mentioned something about how now the story moves to the Kansas Legislature. The news anchor…
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The motivations of politicians
Read more: The motivations of politiciansPresently Mr. Bob Knight of Wichita, a private citizen, is promoting the building of a casino in Park City, Kansas. These articles from The Wichita Eagle have reported Mr. Knight’s position on casino gambling in Kansas when he was the mayor of Wichita:
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Stretching figures strains credibility
Read more: Stretching figures strains credibilityI recently read that the Wichita Airport’s economic impact was estimated at $1.6 billion per year. I thought this seemed high, so I investigated further.
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Let’s Pay for Our Own Health Insurance
Read more: Let’s Pay for Our Own Health InsuranceHaving most people obtain medical insurance, and therefore their healthcare, from their employers is a peculiar tradition that leads to several less-than-optimal situations. I would venture to guess that most employees don’t know the cost of their insurance. They probably pay a portion of the cost through a deduction on their payroll checks and they…
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A Taxpayer Bill of Rights for Kansas, Please
Read more: A Taxpayer Bill of Rights for Kansas, PleaseTaxes in Kansas are high, and may increase this year. The recent school finance ruling by the Kansas Supreme Court and the passage of the downtown arena sales tax referendum in Sedgwick County are just two reasons why.
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End Corporate Welfare, Starting with Industrial Revenue Bonds
Read more: End Corporate Welfare, Starting with Industrial Revenue Bonds“While corporate welfare has attracted critics from both the left and the right, there is no uniform definition. By TIME’s definition, it is this: any action by local, state or federal government that gives a corporation or an entire industry a benefit not offered to others. It can be an outright subsidy, a grant, real…
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Guest post: The Sedgwick County Downtown Arena Sales Tax
Read more: Guest post: The Sedgwick County Downtown Arena Sales Tax(It has been suggested that the following message, which I have sent as email to all Kansas State Senators and Representatives, may be of interest to you. The article, as written and sent, does contain some minor inaccuracies, both in fact and in interpretation; but this merely shows that those of us who relied on…
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Let free markets, not laws, regulate smoking
Read more: Let free markets, not laws, regulate smokingToday, in the town of Hutchinson, Kansas, an indoor smoking ban takes effect. I hope Wichita does not pass the same law. I believe the evidence that shows smoking is tremendously harmful to the health of the smoker, and also dangerous to those around the smoker. Personally, I don’t care to be around smokers and…
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Vioxx and personal liberty
Read more: Vioxx and personal libertyA recent column by Thomas Sowell titled Free lunch ‘safety’: Part II (a link to part one is here) started with this paragraph: “The government will allow you to risk your life for the sake of recreation by sky-diving, mountain climbing or any number of other dangerous activities. But it will not allow you to…