Tag: Subsidy
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Thursday February 10, 2011
Today: Politicians’ Top 10 Promises Gone Wrong; Cabela’s to seek community improvement district tax, Kansas legislature website.
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Wichita again to bet on corporate welfare as economic development
The Wichita City Council may take action that promotes corporate welfare and the city’s economic development policy.
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Wichita city manager Robert Layton on the air
Wichita city manager Robert Layton discusses city issues and takes questions from callers.
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Kansas: business-friendly or capitalism-friendly?
While Kansas Republicans want to create a business-friendly environment, we have to be watchful for harmful crony, or false, capitalism.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Friday December 31, 2010
Today: “This Week in Kansas;” tax increment financing; “Lessons for the Young Economist;” the worst Congress; China has seen the future, and it is coal.
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Government is not business, and can’t be
As Wichita begins its implementation of the plan for the revitalization of downtown Wichita, stakeholders like to delude themselves that the plan is “market-driven,” that the city will make prudent use of public “investment,” and that the plan’s supporters really do believe in free markets after all.
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Wind power again reaps subsidy
Despite poor economics, wind power again reaps taxpayer subsidy.
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Kansas Governor Parkinson says “thank you”
Outgoing Kansas Governor Mark Parkinson has released a list of his favorite achievements, almost all of which decreased economic freedom and business vitality in Kansas.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Tuesday December 28, 2010
Today: Hawker Beechcraft deal breaks new ground, TSA as fine literature; Love, not yet seated in House, moves to Senate; Wichita historic preservation board; Bureaucrats will do what Congress doesn’t; Brownback to focus on core; Schools sue again, and again.
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Wind power: a wise investment for Wichita and Kansas?
The economics of wind power should cause us to question the wisdom of Kansas and Wichita pursuing it as an economic development strategy.
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Hawker Beechcraft deal not proud moment for Kansas
The deal to retain Hawker Beechcraft in Kansas means that reform in that state’s economic development policies is not likely.
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Wichita Old Town TIF district illustrates cost and harm of subsidy
The closing of the Old Town tax increment financing, or TIF, district in Wichita is good news. But the expressed attitude of city council members towards TIF districts indicates that citizens must be concerned that the council will attempt to use this harmful form of developer and corporate welfare in the future.