Kansas ends conservative experiment
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What, 11years in a row? Yeah well, the ducks are still cheaters so there.RaceBannon said:
Obama is still a failure. Sorry.2001400ex said:Remember the conservative philosophy. Cut taxes on the wealthy and cut government spending. Smaller government is the key. Just like good ole Reagan did it. Oh wait....
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Greece is just about to finish their own experiment.
I have always been a fan on sales tax. At least then, the deadbeats pay their share, as long as it's offset by a decrease in income and property tax. The only reason Oregon doesn't have a sales tax is because the left feel it's unfair to the few poor but mostly lazy deadbeats, and the right know bringing the tax just adds another one to their already 80% share that the middle class pay. -
Jobs suck ...
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.3 percent in April, a slight increase from 4.2 percent in March but a bit lower than the 4.5 percent rate in April 2014. The state has 11,300 jobs more compared to last year, but lost 2,300 jobs compared to last month.
I wonder why the fact Kansas is a full percent lower in unemployment than the country isn't the headline.
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NOGAF.
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http://www.deptofnumbers.com/unemployment/kansas/topdawgnc said:Jobs suck ...
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.3 percent in April, a slight increase from 4.2 percent in March but a bit lower than the 4.5 percent rate in April 2014. The state has 11,300 jobs more compared to last year, but lost 2,300 jobs compared to last month.
I wonder why the fact Kansas is a full percent lower in unemployment than the country isn't the headline.
Tax cuts work to stimulate economy ...
Show me how the tax cuts reduced unemployment. Given that historically Kansas had has lower unemployment than the country. And when they lay off a bunch of government workers, how will that affect the unemployment rate? -
It is actually really weird that WA state uses sales taxes for most of its revenue.PurpleJ said:
Is that why progressive Washington loves it so much?AZDuck said:Sales tax. The most regressive of all taxes.
http://www.eoionline.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/tax-reform/ConciseHistoryWATaxStructure-Aug02.pdf -
Washington is one of the most regressive tax structures in the country. That's one of the reasons tech companies are located here. That's one reason I moved back to Washington from Montana. Is it better to pay 6% of all my earnings, or 9% of what I spend outside of housing and food, which is a large portion of spending.AZDuck said:
It is actually really weird that WA state uses sales taxes for most of its revenue.PurpleJ said:
Is that why progressive Washington loves it so much?AZDuck said:Sales tax. The most regressive of all taxes.
http://www.eoionline.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/tax-reform/ConciseHistoryWATaxStructure-Aug02.pdf -
this isn't true.AZDuck said:Kansas is unique in that it is the state where the tax-cutting has gone the furthest, to the extent that the state has been running out of money for things like schools. As in, the schools don'thave enough money to stay open.
But you're absolutely right - Kansas elected him and re-elected him, so this is what they signed up for
not true at all, in fact.
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Stop it.sarktastic said:
this isn't true.AZDuck said:Kansas is unique in that it is the state where the tax-cutting has gone the furthest, to the extent that the state has been running out of money for things like schools. As in, the schools don'thave enough money to stay open.
But you're absolutely right - Kansas elected him and re-elected him, so this is what they signed up for
not true at all, in fact.
Nobody uses facts around here. -
Spending in Kansas between 2013 and 2014 INCREASED 8.2%.
Even so, Kansas still enjoys a AA+ credit rating by S &P.
Kansas spends 27% of its state budget on K-12 education. Only 5 states spend more on K-12 education as a percentage of total state expenditures.
