Kansas Tax Cut Experiment Comes To An End As Lawmakers Vote To Raise Taxes

[Coyote]

Another Republican fail....and they still think this is going to work on a national level? My own state, which has significant budgetary problems and a new Republican majority is looking at the same sort of legislation

Kansas Tax Cut Experiment Comes To An End As Lawmakers Vote To Raise Taxes

Kansas lawmakers have voted to roll back a series of major tax cuts that became an example for conservative lawmakers around the country but didn't deliver the growth and prosperity promised by Gov. Sam Brownback, a Republican.


A coalition of conservative Republicans, some of whom voted for sweeping tax cuts in 2012 or defended them in the years since, sided with moderates and Democrats to override Brownback's veto of a $1.2 billion tax increase.


The law to increase taxes over the next two years comes as legislators seek to close a projected $900 million budget gap for that same period and bolster funding for K-12 schools under a Kansas Supreme Court order.


"It's a huge vote," said state Rep. Steven Johnson, a Republican and chairman of the House tax panel, adding that legislative leadership had explored many routes to find a tax solution that would gain sufficient support in both chambers. "It's a huge vote for looking for an option for Kansas among limited options."


Floor debates on taxes ran late into Tuesday evening, but in the end, 27 senators and 88 representatives rendered Brownback's veto — which had been handed down just hours earlier — irrelevant.


Passage of the tax bill brings to an end signature tax policies of the Brownback administration. Most of those policies were part of a 2012 law that exempted owners of more than 300,000 small businesses and became a political flashpoint in recent elections.​

 

[RightyTighty]

The GOP answer wheel. Got cancer? Tax cuts. Bad schools? Tax cuts. Too much poverty? Tax cuts. Car won't start? Tax cuts.

The party of no and (a tax cut).

 

[martybegan]

Another Republican fail....and they still think this is going to work on a national level? My own state, which has significant budgetary problems and a new Republican majority is looking at the same sort of legislation

Kansas Tax Cut Experiment Comes To An End As Lawmakers Vote To Raise Taxes

Kansas lawmakers have voted to roll back a series of major tax cuts that became an example for conservative lawmakers around the country but didn't deliver the growth and prosperity promised by Gov. Sam Brownback, a Republican.


A coalition of conservative Republicans, some of whom voted for sweeping tax cuts in 2012 or defended them in the years since, sided with moderates and Democrats to override Brownback's veto of a $1.2 billion tax increase.


The law to increase taxes over the next two years comes as legislators seek to close a projected $900 million budget gap for that same period and bolster funding for K-12 schools under a Kansas Supreme Court order.


"It's a huge vote," said state Rep. Steven Johnson, a Republican and chairman of the House tax panel, adding that legislative leadership had explored many routes to find a tax solution that would gain sufficient support in both chambers. "It's a huge vote for looking for an option for Kansas among limited options."


Floor debates on taxes ran late into Tuesday evening, but in the end, 27 senators and 88 representatives rendered Brownback's veto — which had been handed down just hours earlier — irrelevant.


Passage of the tax bill brings to an end signature tax policies of the Brownback administration. Most of those policies were part of a 2012 law that exempted owners of more than 300,000 small businesses and became a political flashpoint in recent elections.​

Why don't they just do like California and spend money they don't have and kick the can down the road?

Decades of taxing and spending and spending and taxing, and a 5 year attempt to try to stop that is lambasted as a "failure"

 

[martybegan]

The GOP answer wheel. Got cancer? Tax cuts. Bad schools? Tax cuts. Too much poverty? Tax cuts. Car won't start? Tax cuts.

The party of no and (a tax cut).

The progressive answer, :fuck you, pay me"

 

[Coyote]

Another Republican fail....and they still think this is going to work on a national level? My own state, which has significant budgetary problems and a new Republican majority is looking at the same sort of legislation

Kansas Tax Cut Experiment Comes To An End As Lawmakers Vote To Raise Taxes

Kansas lawmakers have voted to roll back a series of major tax cuts that became an example for conservative lawmakers around the country but didn't deliver the growth and prosperity promised by Gov. Sam Brownback, a Republican.


A coalition of conservative Republicans, some of whom voted for sweeping tax cuts in 2012 or defended them in the years since, sided with moderates and Democrats to override Brownback's veto of a $1.2 billion tax increase.


The law to increase taxes over the next two years comes as legislators seek to close a projected $900 million budget gap for that same period and bolster funding for K-12 schools under a Kansas Supreme Court order.


"It's a huge vote," said state Rep. Steven Johnson, a Republican and chairman of the House tax panel, adding that legislative leadership had explored many routes to find a tax solution that would gain sufficient support in both chambers. "It's a huge vote for looking for an option for Kansas among limited options."


Floor debates on taxes ran late into Tuesday evening, but in the end, 27 senators and 88 representatives rendered Brownback's veto — which had been handed down just hours earlier — irrelevant.


Passage of the tax bill brings to an end signature tax policies of the Brownback administration. Most of those policies were part of a 2012 law that exempted owners of more than 300,000 small businesses and became a political flashpoint in recent elections.​

Why don't they just do like California and spend money they don't have and kick the can down the road?

Decades of taxing and spending and spending and taxing, and a 5 year attempt to try to stop that is lambasted as a "failure"

Five years is enough time to see a turn around.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Another Republican fail....and they still think this is going to work on a national level? My own state, which has significant budgetary problems and a new Republican majority is looking at the same sort of legislation

Kansas Tax Cut Experiment Comes To An End As Lawmakers Vote To Raise Taxes

Kansas lawmakers have voted to roll back a series of major tax cuts that became an example for conservative lawmakers around the country but didn't deliver the growth and prosperity promised by Gov. Sam Brownback, a Republican.


A coalition of conservative Republicans, some of whom voted for sweeping tax cuts in 2012 or defended them in the years since, sided with moderates and Democrats to override Brownback's veto of a $1.2 billion tax increase.


The law to increase taxes over the next two years comes as legislators seek to close a projected $900 million budget gap for that same period and bolster funding for K-12 schools under a Kansas Supreme Court order.


"It's a huge vote," said state Rep. Steven Johnson, a Republican and chairman of the House tax panel, adding that legislative leadership had explored many routes to find a tax solution that would gain sufficient support in both chambers. "It's a huge vote for looking for an option for Kansas among limited options."


Floor debates on taxes ran late into Tuesday evening, but in the end, 27 senators and 88 representatives rendered Brownback's veto — which had been handed down just hours earlier — irrelevant.


Passage of the tax bill brings to an end signature tax policies of the Brownback administration. Most of those policies were part of a 2012 law that exempted owners of more than 300,000 small businesses and became a political flashpoint in recent elections.​

Why don't they just do like California and spend money they don't have and kick the can down the road?

Decades of taxing and spending and spending and taxing, and a 5 year attempt to try to stop that is lambasted as a "failure"

California is a looming disaster...it's inevitable

 

[Brain357]

Another Republican fail....and they still think this is going to work on a national level? My own state, which has significant budgetary problems and a new Republican majority is looking at the same sort of legislation

Kansas Tax Cut Experiment Comes To An End As Lawmakers Vote To Raise Taxes

Kansas lawmakers have voted to roll back a series of major tax cuts that became an example for conservative lawmakers around the country but didn't deliver the growth and prosperity promised by Gov. Sam Brownback, a Republican.


A coalition of conservative Republicans, some of whom voted for sweeping tax cuts in 2012 or defended them in the years since, sided with moderates and Democrats to override Brownback's veto of a $1.2 billion tax increase.


The law to increase taxes over the next two years comes as legislators seek to close a projected $900 million budget gap for that same period and bolster funding for K-12 schools under a Kansas Supreme Court order.


"It's a huge vote," said state Rep. Steven Johnson, a Republican and chairman of the House tax panel, adding that legislative leadership had explored many routes to find a tax solution that would gain sufficient support in both chambers. "It's a huge vote for looking for an option for Kansas among limited options."


Floor debates on taxes ran late into Tuesday evening, but in the end, 27 senators and 88 representatives rendered Brownback's veto — which had been handed down just hours earlier — irrelevant.


Passage of the tax bill brings to an end signature tax policies of the Brownback administration. Most of those policies were part of a 2012 law that exempted owners of more than 300,000 small businesses and became a political flashpoint in recent elections.​

Why don't they just do like California and spend money they don't have and kick the can down the road?

Decades of taxing and spending and spending and taxing, and a 5 year attempt to try to stop that is lambasted as a "failure"

California is a looming disaster...it's inevitable

The topic is the KS failure. And repubs want to do the same on a national level.

 

[martybegan]

Another Republican fail....and they still think this is going to work on a national level? My own state, which has significant budgetary problems and a new Republican majority is looking at the same sort of legislation

Kansas Tax Cut Experiment Comes To An End As Lawmakers Vote To Raise Taxes

Kansas lawmakers have voted to roll back a series of major tax cuts that became an example for conservative lawmakers around the country but didn't deliver the growth and prosperity promised by Gov. Sam Brownback, a Republican.


A coalition of conservative Republicans, some of whom voted for sweeping tax cuts in 2012 or defended them in the years since, sided with moderates and Democrats to override Brownback's veto of a $1.2 billion tax increase.


The law to increase taxes over the next two years comes as legislators seek to close a projected $900 million budget gap for that same period and bolster funding for K-12 schools under a Kansas Supreme Court order.


"It's a huge vote," said state Rep. Steven Johnson, a Republican and chairman of the House tax panel, adding that legislative leadership had explored many routes to find a tax solution that would gain sufficient support in both chambers. "It's a huge vote for looking for an option for Kansas among limited options."


Floor debates on taxes ran late into Tuesday evening, but in the end, 27 senators and 88 representatives rendered Brownback's veto — which had been handed down just hours earlier — irrelevant.


Passage of the tax bill brings to an end signature tax policies of the Brownback administration. Most of those policies were part of a 2012 law that exempted owners of more than 300,000 small businesses and became a political flashpoint in recent elections.​

Why don't they just do like California and spend money they don't have and kick the can down the road?

Decades of taxing and spending and spending and taxing, and a 5 year attempt to try to stop that is lambasted as a "failure"

Five years is enough time to see a turn around.

Unlike 5 or so decades of spending "just a bit more" or asking the wealthy to "pay just a bit more" for piss poor results?

 

[martybegan]

Another Republican fail....and they still think this is going to work on a national level? My own state, which has significant budgetary problems and a new Republican majority is looking at the same sort of legislation

Kansas Tax Cut Experiment Comes To An End As Lawmakers Vote To Raise Taxes

Kansas lawmakers have voted to roll back a series of major tax cuts that became an example for conservative lawmakers around the country but didn't deliver the growth and prosperity promised by Gov. Sam Brownback, a Republican.


A coalition of conservative Republicans, some of whom voted for sweeping tax cuts in 2012 or defended them in the years since, sided with moderates and Democrats to override Brownback's veto of a $1.2 billion tax increase.


The law to increase taxes over the next two years comes as legislators seek to close a projected $900 million budget gap for that same period and bolster funding for K-12 schools under a Kansas Supreme Court order.


"It's a huge vote," said state Rep. Steven Johnson, a Republican and chairman of the House tax panel, adding that legislative leadership had explored many routes to find a tax solution that would gain sufficient support in both chambers. "It's a huge vote for looking for an option for Kansas among limited options."


Floor debates on taxes ran late into Tuesday evening, but in the end, 27 senators and 88 representatives rendered Brownback's veto — which had been handed down just hours earlier — irrelevant.


Passage of the tax bill brings to an end signature tax policies of the Brownback administration. Most of those policies were part of a 2012 law that exempted owners of more than 300,000 small businesses and became a political flashpoint in recent elections.​

Why don't they just do like California and spend money they don't have and kick the can down the road?

Decades of taxing and spending and spending and taxing, and a 5 year attempt to try to stop that is lambasted as a "failure"

California is a looming disaster...it's inevitable

The topic is the KS failure. And repubs want to do the same on a national level.

The real topic is progressives are better at lying about and hiding their fiscal issues, or at least kicking the can down long enough until they are dead.

 

[Jimmy_Chitwood]

The GOP answer wheel. Got cancer? Tax cuts. Bad schools? Tax cuts. Too much poverty? Tax cuts. Car won't start? Tax cuts.

The party of no and (a tax cut).

Always prudent to minimize taxes in any way possible,

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

The GOP answer wheel. Got cancer? Tax cuts. Bad schools? Tax cuts. Too much poverty? Tax cuts. Car won't start? Tax cuts.

The party of no and (a tax cut).

DNC wheel

Got cancer? Give your life savings to obamacare.
Bad schools? Too bad, no school choice for you.
Too much poverty? Give Solyndra billions.
Car won't start? Sue the manufacturer.

 

[Toro]

Another Republican fail....and they still think this is going to work on a national level? My own state, which has significant budgetary problems and a new Republican majority is looking at the same sort of legislation

Kansas Tax Cut Experiment Comes To An End As Lawmakers Vote To Raise Taxes

Kansas lawmakers have voted to roll back a series of major tax cuts that became an example for conservative lawmakers around the country but didn't deliver the growth and prosperity promised by Gov. Sam Brownback, a Republican.


A coalition of conservative Republicans, some of whom voted for sweeping tax cuts in 2012 or defended them in the years since, sided with moderates and Democrats to override Brownback's veto of a $1.2 billion tax increase.


The law to increase taxes over the next two years comes as legislators seek to close a projected $900 million budget gap for that same period and bolster funding for K-12 schools under a Kansas Supreme Court order.


"It's a huge vote," said state Rep. Steven Johnson, a Republican and chairman of the House tax panel, adding that legislative leadership had explored many routes to find a tax solution that would gain sufficient support in both chambers. "It's a huge vote for looking for an option for Kansas among limited options."


Floor debates on taxes ran late into Tuesday evening, but in the end, 27 senators and 88 representatives rendered Brownback's veto — which had been handed down just hours earlier — irrelevant.


Passage of the tax bill brings to an end signature tax policies of the Brownback administration. Most of those policies were part of a 2012 law that exempted owners of more than 300,000 small businesses and became a political flashpoint in recent elections.​

Why don't they just do like California and spend money they don't have and kick the can down the road?

Decades of taxing and spending and spending and taxing, and a 5 year attempt to try to stop that is lambasted as a "failure"

They were spending money they didn't have in Kansas.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Another Republican fail....and they still think this is going to work on a national level? My own state, which has significant budgetary problems and a new Republican majority is looking at the same sort of legislation

Kansas Tax Cut Experiment Comes To An End As Lawmakers Vote To Raise Taxes

Kansas lawmakers have voted to roll back a series of major tax cuts that became an example for conservative lawmakers around the country but didn't deliver the growth and prosperity promised by Gov. Sam Brownback, a Republican.


A coalition of conservative Republicans, some of whom voted for sweeping tax cuts in 2012 or defended them in the years since, sided with moderates and Democrats to override Brownback's veto of a $1.2 billion tax increase.


The law to increase taxes over the next two years comes as legislators seek to close a projected $900 million budget gap for that same period and bolster funding for K-12 schools under a Kansas Supreme Court order.


"It's a huge vote," said state Rep. Steven Johnson, a Republican and chairman of the House tax panel, adding that legislative leadership had explored many routes to find a tax solution that would gain sufficient support in both chambers. "It's a huge vote for looking for an option for Kansas among limited options."


Floor debates on taxes ran late into Tuesday evening, but in the end, 27 senators and 88 representatives rendered Brownback's veto — which had been handed down just hours earlier — irrelevant.


Passage of the tax bill brings to an end signature tax policies of the Brownback administration. Most of those policies were part of a 2012 law that exempted owners of more than 300,000 small businesses and became a political flashpoint in recent elections.​

Why don't they just do like California and spend money they don't have and kick the can down the road?

Decades of taxing and spending and spending and taxing, and a 5 year attempt to try to stop that is lambasted as a "failure"

California is a looming disaster...it's inevitable

The topic is the KS failure. And repubs want to do the same on a national level.

Like you asshole loons tried to do California a national level under Ears?

I'm well aware of the topic and you're no mod, expect it to be pointed out Dems and fiscal responsibility is an oxymoron

 

[martybegan]

Another Republican fail....and they still think this is going to work on a national level? My own state, which has significant budgetary problems and a new Republican majority is looking at the same sort of legislation

Kansas Tax Cut Experiment Comes To An End As Lawmakers Vote To Raise Taxes

Kansas lawmakers have voted to roll back a series of major tax cuts that became an example for conservative lawmakers around the country but didn't deliver the growth and prosperity promised by Gov. Sam Brownback, a Republican.


A coalition of conservative Republicans, some of whom voted for sweeping tax cuts in 2012 or defended them in the years since, sided with moderates and Democrats to override Brownback's veto of a $1.2 billion tax increase.


The law to increase taxes over the next two years comes as legislators seek to close a projected $900 million budget gap for that same period and bolster funding for K-12 schools under a Kansas Supreme Court order.


"It's a huge vote," said state Rep. Steven Johnson, a Republican and chairman of the House tax panel, adding that legislative leadership had explored many routes to find a tax solution that would gain sufficient support in both chambers. "It's a huge vote for looking for an option for Kansas among limited options."


Floor debates on taxes ran late into Tuesday evening, but in the end, 27 senators and 88 representatives rendered Brownback's veto — which had been handed down just hours earlier — irrelevant.


Passage of the tax bill brings to an end signature tax policies of the Brownback administration. Most of those policies were part of a 2012 law that exempted owners of more than 300,000 small businesses and became a political flashpoint in recent elections.​

Why don't they just do like California and spend money they don't have and kick the can down the road?

Decades of taxing and spending and spending and taxing, and a 5 year attempt to try to stop that is lambasted as a "failure"

They were spending money they didn't have in Kansas.

And while they did the "adult" thing in the short term, they still haven't solved the issue of the long term issues of living within ones means when it comes to government.

 

[Anathema]

My question is: Were the appropriate spending cuts and loosening of business regulations made along with the tax cuts?

 

[RightyTighty]

The GOP answer wheel. Got cancer? Tax cuts. Bad schools? Tax cuts. Too much poverty? Tax cuts. Car won't start? Tax cuts.

The party of no and (a tax cut).

DNC wheel

Got cancer? Give your life savings to obamacare.
Bad schools? Too bad, no school choice for you.
Too much poverty? Give Solyndra billions.
Car won't start? Sue the manufacturer.

No need for your life savings (until the GOP stepped in)
The Founders supported public schools.
Solyndra got millions (not billions)
And when the car won't start - I fix it.

 

[Coyote]

Another Republican fail....and they still think this is going to work on a national level? My own state, which has significant budgetary problems and a new Republican majority is looking at the same sort of legislation

Kansas Tax Cut Experiment Comes To An End As Lawmakers Vote To Raise Taxes

Kansas lawmakers have voted to roll back a series of major tax cuts that became an example for conservative lawmakers around the country but didn't deliver the growth and prosperity promised by Gov. Sam Brownback, a Republican.


A coalition of conservative Republicans, some of whom voted for sweeping tax cuts in 2012 or defended them in the years since, sided with moderates and Democrats to override Brownback's veto of a $1.2 billion tax increase.


The law to increase taxes over the next two years comes as legislators seek to close a projected $900 million budget gap for that same period and bolster funding for K-12 schools under a Kansas Supreme Court order.


"It's a huge vote," said state Rep. Steven Johnson, a Republican and chairman of the House tax panel, adding that legislative leadership had explored many routes to find a tax solution that would gain sufficient support in both chambers. "It's a huge vote for looking for an option for Kansas among limited options."


Floor debates on taxes ran late into Tuesday evening, but in the end, 27 senators and 88 representatives rendered Brownback's veto — which had been handed down just hours earlier — irrelevant.


Passage of the tax bill brings to an end signature tax policies of the Brownback administration. Most of those policies were part of a 2012 law that exempted owners of more than 300,000 small businesses and became a political flashpoint in recent elections.​

Why don't they just do like California and spend money they don't have and kick the can down the road?

Decades of taxing and spending and spending and taxing, and a 5 year attempt to try to stop that is lambasted as a "failure"

They were spending money they didn't have in Kansas.

And while they did the "adult" thing in the short term, they still haven't solved the issue of the long term issues of living within ones means when it comes to government.

5 years is long enough to see results. Kansas is a red red red state - not sure how much you can blame on "out of control" spending. Seems more like a bad policy.

 

[martybegan]

Another Republican fail....and they still think this is going to work on a national level? My own state, which has significant budgetary problems and a new Republican majority is looking at the same sort of legislation

Kansas Tax Cut Experiment Comes To An End As Lawmakers Vote To Raise Taxes

Kansas lawmakers have voted to roll back a series of major tax cuts that became an example for conservative lawmakers around the country but didn't deliver the growth and prosperity promised by Gov. Sam Brownback, a Republican.


A coalition of conservative Republicans, some of whom voted for sweeping tax cuts in 2012 or defended them in the years since, sided with moderates and Democrats to override Brownback's veto of a $1.2 billion tax increase.


The law to increase taxes over the next two years comes as legislators seek to close a projected $900 million budget gap for that same period and bolster funding for K-12 schools under a Kansas Supreme Court order.


"It's a huge vote," said state Rep. Steven Johnson, a Republican and chairman of the House tax panel, adding that legislative leadership had explored many routes to find a tax solution that would gain sufficient support in both chambers. "It's a huge vote for looking for an option for Kansas among limited options."


Floor debates on taxes ran late into Tuesday evening, but in the end, 27 senators and 88 representatives rendered Brownback's veto — which had been handed down just hours earlier — irrelevant.


Passage of the tax bill brings to an end signature tax policies of the Brownback administration. Most of those policies were part of a 2012 law that exempted owners of more than 300,000 small businesses and became a political flashpoint in recent elections.​

Why don't they just do like California and spend money they don't have and kick the can down the road?

Decades of taxing and spending and spending and taxing, and a 5 year attempt to try to stop that is lambasted as a "failure"

They were spending money they didn't have in Kansas.

And while they did the "adult" thing in the short term, they still haven't solved the issue of the long term issues of living within ones means when it comes to government.

5 years is long enough to see results. Kansas is a red red red state - not sure how much you can blame on "out of control" spending. Seems more like a bad policy.

This is what probably forced their hand.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/02/us/kansas-supreme-court-school-spending.html?_r=0

School funding consumes about half of Kansas’ budget, and its political salience cuts across party lines. Kansas prides itself on its public schools, and, in many small towns, the high school serves as a community anchor. The right to a suitably funded education is enshrined in the state Constitution.

I would bet money that some of the issue is a reluctance to consolidate high schools and other schools as towns get smaller and demographics shift.

 

[Coyote]

Another Republican fail....and they still think this is going to work on a national level? My own state, which has significant budgetary problems and a new Republican majority is looking at the same sort of legislation

Kansas Tax Cut Experiment Comes To An End As Lawmakers Vote To Raise Taxes

Kansas lawmakers have voted to roll back a series of major tax cuts that became an example for conservative lawmakers around the country but didn't deliver the growth and prosperity promised by Gov. Sam Brownback, a Republican.


A coalition of conservative Republicans, some of whom voted for sweeping tax cuts in 2012 or defended them in the years since, sided with moderates and Democrats to override Brownback's veto of a $1.2 billion tax increase.


The law to increase taxes over the next two years comes as legislators seek to close a projected $900 million budget gap for that same period and bolster funding for K-12 schools under a Kansas Supreme Court order.


"It's a huge vote," said state Rep. Steven Johnson, a Republican and chairman of the House tax panel, adding that legislative leadership had explored many routes to find a tax solution that would gain sufficient support in both chambers. "It's a huge vote for looking for an option for Kansas among limited options."


Floor debates on taxes ran late into Tuesday evening, but in the end, 27 senators and 88 representatives rendered Brownback's veto — which had been handed down just hours earlier — irrelevant.


Passage of the tax bill brings to an end signature tax policies of the Brownback administration. Most of those policies were part of a 2012 law that exempted owners of more than 300,000 small businesses and became a political flashpoint in recent elections.​

Why don't they just do like California and spend money they don't have and kick the can down the road?

Decades of taxing and spending and spending and taxing, and a 5 year attempt to try to stop that is lambasted as a "failure"

They were spending money they didn't have in Kansas.

And while they did the "adult" thing in the short term, they still haven't solved the issue of the long term issues of living within ones means when it comes to government.

5 years is long enough to see results. Kansas is a red red red state - not sure how much you can blame on "out of control" spending. Seems more like a bad policy.

This is what probably forced their hand.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/02/us/kansas-supreme-court-school-spending.html?_r=0

School funding consumes about half of Kansas’ budget, and its political salience cuts across party lines. Kansas prides itself on its public schools, and, in many small towns, the high school serves as a community anchor. The right to a suitably funded education is enshrined in the state Constitution.

I would bet money that some of the issue is a reluctance to consolidate high schools and other schools as towns get smaller and demographics shift.

Significant tax cuts are supposed to generate significant revenue but after 5 years, despite spending cuts, and veto'ing increases in education funding - it's not happening.

 

[martybegan]

Why don't they just do like California and spend money they don't have and kick the can down the road?

Decades of taxing and spending and spending and taxing, and a 5 year attempt to try to stop that is lambasted as a "failure"

They were spending money they didn't have in Kansas.

And while they did the "adult" thing in the short term, they still haven't solved the issue of the long term issues of living within ones means when it comes to government.

5 years is long enough to see results. Kansas is a red red red state - not sure how much you can blame on "out of control" spending. Seems more like a bad policy.

This is what probably forced their hand.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/02/us/kansas-supreme-court-school-spending.html?_r=0

School funding consumes about half of Kansas’ budget, and its political salience cuts across party lines. Kansas prides itself on its public schools, and, in many small towns, the high school serves as a community anchor. The right to a suitably funded education is enshrined in the state Constitution.

I would bet money that some of the issue is a reluctance to consolidate high schools and other schools as towns get smaller and demographics shift.

Significant tax cuts are supposed to generate significant revenue but after 5 years, despite spending cuts, and veto'ing increases in education funding - it's not happening.

So they go back to the old "throw money at it" solution and run into the same issue 10 years from now they had before.