Tag: Sam Brownback

  • Energy subsidies exposed

    On the campaign trail, President Barack Obama calls for an end to energy subsidies for the fossil fuel industry. It turns out, however, that this industry receives relatively little subsidy, while the president’s favored forms of energy investment — wind and solar — receive much more. Additionally, coal, oil, and gas industries paid billions in…

  • Kansas traditional: the platform

    Will “traditional,” “reasonable,” “moderate” Kansan Republicans be defeated in the August 7, 2012 Kansas primary? Would that defeat be good or bad for Kansas?

  • Why Kansas had to cut taxes

    Kansas Governor Sam Brownback explains why Kansas needed to reduce taxes.

  • KNEA email a window into teachers union

    An email from an official of Kansas National Education Association (KNEA) asks union members to switch their voter registration party in order to vote in Republican party primaries.

  • Reducing Kansas taxes and government footprint

    Across Kansas editorial writers and candidates for state offices are harshly criticizing the new tax policy passed this year. But we’ve been in the doldrums in Kansas, and reducing taxes is a good first step on the road to recovery for many reasons.

  • In Kansas, redistricting went well, after all

    The Kansas political class is upset because a federal court drew new districts they way they should be drawn.

  • Brownback on wind, again

    This week Kansas Governor Sam Brownback again made the case for extending the production tax credit for wind power.

  • Five questions with Mike Pompeo

    U.S. Representative Mike Pompeo from Wichita explains his opposition to tax credits for all energy production, the problems with over-regulation of business, and the state of the economic recovery.

  • Kansas tax reform is needed

    In Kansas, lower income tax rates are needed to ensure that Kansas has a bright economic future. Failing to reform income tax rates will mean that Kansas will continue to under-perform other states.