Opinion: GOP economics devastated Kansas
An op-ed on the Kansas economy needs context and correction. An op-ed about the Kansas economy needs a few corrections before the people of Illinois get a wrong impression of Kansas. The article is Opinion: GOP economics devastated Kansas, published in the Alton (Illinois) Telegraph. The author is John J. Dunphy. First, Dunphy refers to Sam Brownback as the "Tea Party" governor of Kansas. As far as I know, the tea party favors reducing not only taxation, but spending too. Given the choice, Brownback preferred raising taxes rather than cutting spending. Not very tea party-like. Dunphy: "Moderate Republicans who voiced…