Saturday, August 18, 2012

Kansas is a preview of GOP's America


Sam Brownback and a GOP-run State House are cutting taxes and services and everything else in Kansas, as a "demonstration" of Laffer supply-side economics.  And nobody rational is laughing.

Sam Brownback, Kansas Governor, Plans Budget Cuts, Calls For Agencies To Reduce By 10 Percent 

Preview:
"[ Senate minority leader] Hensley was citing projections from the nonpartisan Legislative Research Department, which projected that the tax cuts, adopted during the spring legislative session amid accusations by Democrats that conservative Republicans rushed the final vote, could lead the state to a $2.5 billion shortfall on a $6 billion budget by 2018."

" Hensley painted a picture of dramatic cuts in services across state government under the potential 10-percent budget cut, and future cuts if the $2.5 billion shortfall is realized. Brownback has said in the past that he wants to preserve education, public safety and social services. But the state's transportation department stands to lose 500 employees under the 10-percent cuts just as a new transportation construction program is due to start. The transportation plan is funded by both the state's capital and general fund budgets."

OK, we shall see what comes to pass in Kansas.




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