Posted on 01/30/2013 8:21:26 AM PST by jmaroneps37
In 2004 liberal writer and native Kansan Thomas Frank published, Whats the matter with Kansas? his smugly title indictment of the intelligence of Kansans because the state had become such a reliable conservative Republican state.
Yes Kansas has inflicted the phony Kathleen Sebelius and that is no minor infraction, but generally Kansas has refused to bow at the altar of liberalism and that has driven defectively wired liberals like Frank up the wall.
Now Kansas has another nasty surprise for liberals. The Sun Flower States Governor Republican Sam Brownback and its legislatures which are both lopsidedly controlled by Republicans want to do away with the States income tax.
The Republicans in Kansas werent intimidated by Barack Obamas victory last November. They held the reins of power and fully intend to drive the state in a manner they hope will make it a model for other states to follow.
The changes in how Kansas will be governed have already started. The Republicans provided the largest tax cut in state history and handed off most of its Medicaid system to private insurers.
Brownback has cut welfare rolls, pared down the states own workforce and reorganized government agencies to streamline them for maximum efficiency.
Next up is the ubiquitous pension reform that is the center piece of Republican controlled state reorganization. Just for good measure he wants to change the process of picking judges and financing state education goals.
whining from Democrats has already begun. They are crying that, It [tax cuts] kind of eliminates a large group of Kansans out of that pursuit of happiness.
In response Brownback says, I think the unique thing is that were applying the principles on how you get your cost down and still provide a high-quality product.
(Excerpt) Read more at coachisright.com ...
It would be difficult to imagine Kansas property taxes being hiked to the point of the government owning all of the land, but that appears to be the plan of bureaucrats and their friends in government-linked services.
I'm no fan of any New England state, but facts are facts. Please note that I did NOT say 'all NY'ers are ruining NH'...that would be ridiculous.
It’s got Missouri talking about a flat tax.
Thank you Kansas!
Meant to say it has Missouri talking about a consumption tax instead of income tax.
Not ONE county went to Ubama.
Of course Vermont, Rhode Island and Connecticut are true for voting against Mittens.
Because once the Illegals turns Texas Blue, we will never EVER win another presidential election ever again.
He stopped by my Sisters High School and she got to ask him a question on Illegal Immigration and he simply danced around it.
Pitiful.
I once believed it, though mostly out of cynicism.
Now, I know it not to be true.
There is hope.
I was thinking of that, but if the land is used for agricultural purposes, I suspect the feds would use that as an excuse to horn in. Granted the state could likely figure out some way around it, to provide them tax abatement, but that can get real deep, real fast, so I wouldn’t want to tie it to residential abatement.
Even as is, I can imagine federal litigation from corporations and speculators that want in on the deal. There are always scoundrels willing to exploit any opportunity to make a buck.
There’s nothing wrong with Kansas that a few less liberals wouldn’t fix.
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Put a bounty on them...........
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