Brownback Blowback? Toto, I have a feeling....

Foolmewunz

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Don't we have a regular member here from Kansas.

What hell went on in the local primaries. Former Tea Party darling but enfant terrible to the GOP mainstream Tim Huelskamp loses in his primary another dozen Brownback allies are knocked out in in-state primary races.

Has Kansas developed some common sense - something they were supposedly known for in the past?

http://www.wsj.com/articles/tea-par...publican-primary-to-roger-marshall-1470196482

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/article93205877.html
 
Brownback ran Kansas into the ground.



Not surprising to see his allies get turfed.
 
Stacko said:
Brownback ran Kansas into the ground.



Not surprising to see his allies get turfed.
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Here's another view on the effect of Brownback's policies on Kansas, and it's not by a comedian either:

Significantly, every year since the tax cuts were implemented, Kansas has surpassed the state record for new business formations. When we consider that startups have decreased nationwide since the Great Recession of 2008, this achievement is particularly remarkable. What’s more, the Kansas unemployment rate stands at 3.7% – the lowest the state has seen since 2001, and well below the national average of 5.5%.

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Equally important from a regional perspective is that fact that Kansas is gaining ground over neighboring Missouri when it comes to gains in net adjusted gross income. In 2013, the same year that the Brownback tax cuts took effect, Kansas experienced a positive reversal in migration of wealth between the two bordering states. Kansas enjoys a nearly $85 million advantage in income gains from Missouri. This is a major reversal. Consider the data between 1995 and 2009, which shows more than $263 million leaving Kansas for Missouri. A longitudinal examination of this trend will bear out whether the flow of money correlates with the institution of Brownback’s tax policy, but the current evidence is certainly compelling.
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Here's a positive article referenced in the first one:

All of this happened despite tremendous economic headwinds, particularly in falling commodity prices and exports, slowing oil and natural-gas markets, and falling manufacturing — three industries that make up a large share of the Kansas economy.
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And here are Kansas' debt and deficit clocks. If you look at other states, Kansas does not seem out of line at all.

When you factor in the huge drop in oil and natural gas prices over the last two years, Kansas has probably done better than expected.
 
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sunmaster14 said:
Here's another view on the effect of Brownback's policies on Kansas, and it's not by a comedian either:



Here's a positive article referenced in the first one:



And here are Kansas' debt and deficit clocks. If you look at other states, Kansas does not seem out of line at all.

When you factor in the huge drop in oil and natural gas prices over the last two years, Kansas has probably done better than expected.
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Are you saying that "It's Not The Economy, Stupid?" So what is it? Why do the voters want to turn out this wonderful team of fiscally responsible legislators?

I would genuinely like to know. I do not understand the local politics in Kansas and believe we had a solid regular member here who was abreast of the situation. Meh? I'd like to think that people are tiring of the rhetoric of the TP and their obstructionist policies. But that's me.
 
Foolmewunz said:
Are you saying that "It's Not The Economy, Stupid?" So what is it? Why do the voters want to turn out this wonderful team of fiscally responsible legislators?

I would genuinely like to know. I do not understand the local politics in Kansas and believe we had a solid regular member here who was abreast of the situation. Meh? I'd like to think that people are tiring of the rhetoric of the TP and their obstructionist policies. But that's me.
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You're probably thinking of Manopolus. Looks like he hasn't posted in a few months.
 
We've spent the last couple of years hearing about nothing in Kansas except hos the budget was collapsing, debt out of control. Schools possibly having to close early because they didn't have the money to stay open for the full academic year, etc.

That's not a state with a healthy economy.

Of course a state that has made it's goal to all but eliminate business taxes and regulations is going to attract startups, and incomes are going to rise as rich fortunes grow ever fatter.

That's not a state with a healthy economy either.
 
A lot of those 'startups' were old businesses re-listing themselves as LLCs to take advantage or individuals who incorporated themselves for the tax break. Not much net benefit.
 
On the plus side he built a great stadium to subsidize professional sports. Way more important than education for bringing businesses to the state.
 
Kansas proves beyond any doubt whatsoever that Republican economic dogma is complete garbage. Do Republicans care? No, of course not. They want to do the exact same thing to the whole country.

**** Republicans.
 
On the plus side - folks say that they want the states to be cauldrons of ideas, or something. Brownback proved that his ideas do not work.

And I mean that seriously - the ideas were put to test, and at least from where I stand, they seem to have been spectacularly bad. So, you can't say that they weren't tried. Anyone want to try again, then that's on you from here on in.

Not that people have long memories on this sort of thing - or more likely, that they pay much attention at all.
 
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