Tag: Taxation
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Wichita property tax rates up again
The City of Wichita says that it hasn’t raised its mill levy in many years. Data shows the mill levy has risen, and its use has shifted from debt service to current consumption.
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WichitaLiberty.TV: Kansas revenue and spending, initiative and referendum, and rebuliding liberty
The Kansas Legislature appears ready to raise taxes instead of reforming spending. Wichita voters have used initiative and referendum, but voters can’t use it at the state level. A look at a new book “By the People: Rebuilding Liberty Without Permission.”
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More government spending is not a source of prosperity
Kansas needs to trim state government spending so that its economy may grow by harnessing the benefits of the private sector over government.
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The Kansas revenue problem in perspective
If we take the budgetary advice of a former Kansas state budget official, we need to be ready to accept the economic stagnation that accompanied his boss’s tenure.
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Political perspective masquerades as ‘documentary’
A documentary film about the Kansas budget is based on unfactual material. Dave Trabert of Kansas Policy Institute explains.
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Rich States, Poor States, 2105 edition
In Rich States, Poor States, Kansas continues with middle-of-the-pack performance, and fell in the forward-looking forecast for the second year in a row.
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Kansas slips in Tax Foundation business tax climate index
Based on five components of taxation important to business, Kansas ranks twenty-second among the states, two positions lower than last year.
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Exchange Place incentives, including free sales tax and an ethics bypass
A downtown Wichita project receives free sales taxes and a bypass of Wichita’s code of conduct for city council members.
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How TIF routes taxpayer-funded benefits to Wichita’s political players
In Wichita, tax increment financing (TIF) leads to taxpayer-funded waste that benefits those with political connections at city hall.
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The purpose of high tax rates
The purpose of high taxes on the rich is not to get the rich to pay money, it’s to get the middle class to feel better about paying high taxes.
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WichitaLiberty.TV: Sin taxes, and what the Kansas Legislature doesn’t want you to know
Sin taxes, and what the Kansas Legislature doesn’t want you to know.
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STAR bonds in Kansas
The Kansas STAR bonds program provides a mechanism for spending by autopilot, without specific appropriation by the legislature.