Sam Brownback’s failed ‘experiment’ puts state on path to penury

[hazlnut]

Sam Brownback s failed experiment puts state on path to penury - The Washington Post

Sam Brownback’s failed ‘experiment’ puts state on path to penury

GOV. SAM BROWNBACK of Kansas says he has come to regret characterizing his policy agenda as a “
real live experiment” that would test the efficacy of deep tax cuts to spur jobs and economic growth. In fact, Mr. Brownback’s choice of words was apt. Few if any governors have undertaken such an extreme trial-by-revenue-deprivation in a state so clearly lacking the economic means to withstand it.

Now, as the damaging social and budgetary impacts of his slash-and-burn fiscal measures have become apparent, Mr. Brownback, a conservative Republican seeking reelection this fall in a state where every statewide elected official is also a Republican, is in the disorienting position of trailing his Democratic challenger in the polls.

Things have gone to shit under far-right retard Brownback's policies.

So much so that the Kansas GOP is supporting the Dem in this election.

LOL


Brownback's Conservative Utopia Has Become Hell

The midterm elections of 2010 were good for Republicans nearly everywhere, but amid the national Tea Party insurgency, it was easy to overlook the revolution that was brewing in Kansas. That year, the GOP won every federal and statewide office. Sam Brownback, a genial U.S. senator best known for his ardent social conservatism, captured the governor’s mansion with nearly double the votes of his Democratic opponent. And having conquered Kansas so convincingly, he was determined not to squander the opportunity. His administration, he declared, would be a “real live experiment” that would prove, once and for all, that the way to achieve prosperity was by eliminating government from economic life.

Brownback’s agenda bore the imprint of three decades of right-wing agitation, particularly that of the anti-government radicals Charles and David Koch and their Wichita-based Koch Industries, the single largest contributors to Brownback’s campaigns. Brownback appointed accountant Steve Anderson, who had developed a model budget for the Kochs’ advocacy arm, Americans for Prosperity, as his budget director. Another Koch-linked group, the Kansas Policy Institute, supported his controversial tax proposals. As Brownback later explained to The Wall Street Journal, “My focus is to create a red-state model that allows the Republican ticket to say, ‘See, we’ve got a different way, and it works.’”

 

[bodecea]

Well, Karma is a bitch.

 

[teapartysamurai]

Um, that's pretty funny, considering Obama's Utopia is going up in Ebola Hell.

Keep trying libs.

You're flailing and failing.

 

[Tom Sweetnam]

Taliban or Tea Party?

Hmmm...I'll take Taliban for $600, Alex, on account of they really know how to respect the "rights" of white privelidged queers.

 

[LoneLaugher]

Wouldn't it be nice if we could have an adult discussion about what has taken place in Kansas?

 

[LoneLaugher]

Not everyone predicted that Kansas would have an awful 2014.

Rich States Poor States - 2014 Economic Outlook

Can you say disconnect?

 

[Rotagilla]

Sam Brownback s failed experiment puts state on path to penury - The Washington Post

Sam Brownback’s failed ‘experiment’ puts state on path to penury

GOV. SAM BROWNBACK of Kansas says he has come to regret characterizing his policy agenda as a “
real live experiment” that would test the efficacy of deep tax cuts to spur jobs and economic growth. In fact, Mr. Brownback’s choice of words was apt. Few if any governors have undertaken such an extreme trial-by-revenue-deprivation in a state so clearly lacking the economic means to withstand it.

Now, as the damaging social and budgetary impacts of his slash-and-burn fiscal measures have become apparent, Mr. Brownback, a conservative Republican seeking reelection this fall in a state where every statewide elected official is also a Republican, is in the disorienting position of trailing his Democratic challenger in the polls.

Things have gone to shit under far-right retard Brownback's policies.

So much so that the Kansas GOP is supporting the Dem in this election.

LOL


Brownback's Conservative Utopia Has Become Hell

The midterm elections of 2010 were good for Republicans nearly everywhere, but amid the national Tea Party insurgency, it was easy to overlook the revolution that was brewing in Kansas. That year, the GOP won every federal and statewide office. Sam Brownback, a genial U.S. senator best known for his ardent social conservatism, captured the governor’s mansion with nearly double the votes of his Democratic opponent. And having conquered Kansas so convincingly, he was determined not to squander the opportunity. His administration, he declared, would be a “real live experiment” that would prove, once and for all, that the way to achieve prosperity was by eliminating government from economic life.

Brownback’s agenda bore the imprint of three decades of right-wing agitation, particularly that of the anti-government radicals Charles and David Koch and their Wichita-based Koch Industries, the single largest contributors to Brownback’s campaigns. Brownback appointed accountant Steve Anderson, who had developed a model budget for the Kochs’ advocacy arm, Americans for Prosperity, as his budget director. Another Koch-linked group, the Kansas Policy Institute, supported his controversial tax proposals. As Brownback later explained to The Wall Street Journal, “My focus is to create a red-state model that allows the Republican ticket to say, ‘See, we’ve got a different way, and it works.’”

LMAO...great site...pure bias and partisanship...right up your alley.

 

[LoneLaugher]

And here is how an apologist views the above information.

Rich States Poor States for 2014 released Kansas falls

 

[LoneLaugher]

Oh look! Stormy doesn't believe the story regarding Kansas! I'm sure he will now present info showing how great the Kansas economy is doing.

Can't wait.

 

[Rotagilla]

Wouldn't it be nice if we could have an adult discussion about what has taken place in Kansas?

You'd have to withdraw from the conversation in order for that to happen.

 

[eagle1462010]

Yawn...........I've done a little digging on the Kansas issue........His tax policies didn't take effect until 2013............

Unemployment is down to 4.9% currently..........peaking in 2009 to about 7.3%.

Looks like a Liberal Circle Jerk thread.

 

[eagle1462010]

Historical State Unemployment Rates

 

[LoneLaugher]

If you guys concentrate really hard and click your heels together three times, you might be able to convince yourselves that full on GOP teatarded fiscal policies have been great for Kansas.

 

[Truman123]

Wouldn't it be nice if we could have an adult discussion about what has taken place in Kansas?

What's up with that place?

 

[eagle1462010]

How budget deficits are fabricated in Kansas

Understanding that budget deficits are being fabricated in Kansas is one thing, but House and Senate leadership should take action to prevent future fabrications being presented to citizens. Any KLRD report prepared at the request and direction of a legislator and gives the appearance of deficits should have a disclaimer along the lines of “The State of Kansas will not have deficits and this report should not be used to claim or infer anything of that nature.” We also suggest that once a legislator-directed profile or other report is publicly used or referenced, it should be immediately subject to Open Records requests and made available by KLRD.

There are many options to balance the state budget going forward that would not require any tax increases or service reductions. State spending can and should be reduced but it can be accomplished by providing existing services at a better price. Kansas Policy Institute is compiling a list of such options as well as several ways to boost General Fund revenue without increasing taxes. We expect to publish the results in the fall.

In the meanwhile, know that any claims of future deficits are deliberate fabrications.

 

[LoneLaugher]

How budget deficits are fabricated in Kansas

Understanding that budget deficits are being fabricated in Kansas is one thing, but House and Senate leadership should take action to prevent future fabrications being presented to citizens. Any KLRD report prepared at the request and direction of a legislator and gives the appearance of deficits should have a disclaimer along the lines of “The State of Kansas will not have deficits and this report should not be used to claim or infer anything of that nature.” We also suggest that once a legislator-directed profile or other report is publicly used or referenced, it should be immediately subject to Open Records requests and made available by KLRD.

There are many options to balance the state budget going forward that would not require any tax increases or service reductions. State spending can and should be reduced but it can be accomplished by providing existing services at a better price. Kansas Policy Institute is compiling a list of such options as well as several ways to boost General Fund revenue without increasing taxes. We expect to publish the results in the fall.

In the meanwhile, know that any claims of future deficits are deliberate fabrications.

You have been duped by your cursory google search.

Kansas Policy Institute - SourceWatch

 

[Mac1958]

Is there a relatively unbiased source to review the Kansas economic performance?

.

 

[LoneLaugher]

Here ya go, Mac. I think these people are unbiased.

http://online.wsj.com/articles/some...wnback-endorse-democratic-opponent-1405441534

 

[eagle1462010]

How budget deficits are fabricated in Kansas

Understanding that budget deficits are being fabricated in Kansas is one thing, but House and Senate leadership should take action to prevent future fabrications being presented to citizens. Any KLRD report prepared at the request and direction of a legislator and gives the appearance of deficits should have a disclaimer along the lines of “The State of Kansas will not have deficits and this report should not be used to claim or infer anything of that nature.” We also suggest that once a legislator-directed profile or other report is publicly used or referenced, it should be immediately subject to Open Records requests and made available by KLRD.

There are many options to balance the state budget going forward that would not require any tax increases or service reductions. State spending can and should be reduced but it can be accomplished by providing existing services at a better price. Kansas Policy Institute is compiling a list of such options as well as several ways to boost General Fund revenue without increasing taxes. We expect to publish the results in the fall.

In the meanwhile, know that any claims of future deficits are deliberate fabrications.

You have been duped by your cursory google search.

Kansas Policy Institute - SourceWatch

Whatever.........The data I'm seeing is that the state had steadily increased spending and is now reducing their spending making cuts to compensate..............The data from the original OP are estimations for possible future debt and are not real.

The state has a balanced budget requirement, and thus must make cuts to deal to do so........some don't ever want cuts, and again the tax cuts have only been in place since 2013

 

[jknowgood]

If you guys concentrate really hard and click your heels together three times, you might be able to convince yourselves that full on GOP teatarded fiscal policies have been great for Kansas.

Yeah and liberal policies did so great in Detroit?