Tag: Rhonda Holman
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Kansas lawmakers, including judges, should be selected democratically
While many believe that judges should not “legislate from the bench,” the reality is that lawmaking is a judicial function. In a democracy, lawmakers should be elected under the principle of “one person, one vote.” But Kansas, which uses the Missouri Plan for judicial selection to its two highest courts, violates this principle.
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Wichita school spending: The grain of truth
The Wichita school district, like most of the Kansas school spending establishment, uses spending figures containing a grain of truth to make a larger and misleading argument about school spending.
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Kansans uninformed on school spending
As the Kansas Legislature debates spending on schools, we have to hope that legislators are more knowledgeable about school spending than the average Kansan. Surveys have found that few Kansans have accurate information regarding school spending. Surprisingly, those with children in the public school system are even more likely to be uninformed regarding accurate figures.…
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Wednesday May 2, 2012
Today: When government pays, government controls; The moral case for capitalism; Moran to address Pachyderms; Funding pet projects without earmarks; Harm of taxes; Role of prices.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday April 23, 2012
Today: Proclamations for this week; American Exceptionalism to be topic; Taxpayer-funded lobbying; Kansas Policy Institute advertisement. Wichita Eagle editorial board.
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Kansas may again resort to government art
Kansas may be ready to restore some state funding for the arts. But for reasons economic, human, and artistic, we ought to keep Kansas government out of art. Kansas should allow people themselves to decide how to spend their own money on what they think is important to them. To implement government funding of art…
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Kansas school establishment defenders: the video
A video criticizing the Kansas Policy Institute for placing a series of ads in Kansas newspapers claims KPI “conceals” and “ignores” facts and statistics. But I didn’t have to work very hard to find many gross and blatant mistakes, distortions, and coverups in the video — the same problems found in much of the communications…
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Kansas school spending: the complete picture
In an effort to drum up support for school spending in Kansas, advocates seize on a partial picture of school spending to make their case.
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TIF and other subsidies harm Wichita
Everyone who cares about Wichita — the entire city, not just special interests — ought to be opposed to the continued use of tax increment financing (TIF) districts and other forms of subsidy that direct benefits to a small group at the expense of everyone else.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Thursday November 10, 2011
Today: Occupy Wall Street; Johnson Controls; Save-A-Lot store opens; Teacher pay; Ranzau, Skelton to speak; Making economics come alive; Economics in two minutes.
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The Wichita Eagle on naysayers: a disservice to Wichita
While the Wichita Eagle criticizes those it calls “naysayers,” it is the newspaper’s editorial board itself that is harmful to the people of Wichita and their economic freedom.