Activist judges in Kansas

It takes $853 million to make Kansas public-school funding "adequate," the Kansas Supreme Court ruled last week. The court ordered the Republican-controlled legislature to double the money for schools by July 1, and possibly quadruple it by next year. The move should concern anyone who thought the power of the purse belonged to lawmakers. Kansas' is a case where education "experts" and judges are telling legislators and the voters who elect them that no, they can't spend their tax dollars as they determine through democratic processes.

Hmmm... Mississippi

•1% more state sales tax than Illinoi$.
•Same state income tax.
•Lower overall cost of living.
•Way cheaper cigarette tax.
•Half the property tax.
•Lower unemployment rate?? (based on Sperling's Best Places)
•Lower healthcare costs.
•Better air quality.

Mississippi moves up a few notches.

Hear! Hear! Unfortunately our Governor is a demonRAT (thanks to our Republican legislature making a mess out of the budget by cutting taxes at the top of the business cycle--they seem to think tax cuts per se are an unmitigated good always and at any time, got no economic stimulus effects and ran the state to ruin when the business cycle turned down), and will enforce any court order that increases the size or scope of government.

In politics what you see is not reality. The issue is NOT money for Kansas schools, and here is what is going on behind the scenes.

There is a direct connection between the governor's office and the court. One of the Supreme Court judge's wife works for Governor Kathleen Sebelius(D). The governor wants lots of money for her social programs, including paid healthcare for the uninsured. However, the legislature will never pass her programs. Now where can she get that kind of money? The schools with the extra $149 million the legislature funded have more than enough funds. Indeed, the school superintendents have said they do not know what to do with $853 million if it is appropriated. The state budget is only $5 billion, and so we would be looking at a 20% increase. How would Kansas raise that much money? The governor is going to "suggest" Kansas legalize gambling, which the state has rejected for years. Once gambling is legalized the governor will then say we need to spend most of this money for her social programs. Actually the governor and some of the liberal Republicans are the real authors of this fiasco. This woman is ambitious, and you can look for her to be Hillary's running mate. God save Kansas and America.

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