{"id":9823,"date":"2017-06-08T08:15:39","date_gmt":"2017-06-08T13:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=9823"},"modified":"2017-06-08T08:15:39","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T13:15:39","slug":"kansas-another-experiment-ctd-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2017\/06\/08\/kansas-another-experiment-ctd-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Kansas: Another Experiment, Ctd"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kansas has finally tossed out the Brownback plan<\/a> for doom, over his torrid objections. Turns out the GOP <\/b><\/i>– at least in Kansas – has its limits when disaster looms. The Wichita Eagle <\/b><\/i>reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Lawmakers rolled back Gov. Sam Brownback\u2019s signature tax policy over his objections Tuesday<\/span><\/span> night, forcing into law tax increases to fix a budget shortfall and provide more money for schools.<\/p>\n

The legislation ends the “march to zero” income tax cuts that Brownback heralded for much of his time as governor. …<\/p>\n

The override represents a blow to the legacy of one of the most unpopular governors in America, amid speculation that he may not serve out his remaining time in office but instead take a federal position.<\/p>\n

Brownback did not respond immediately to the override votes. The night before, he had said he would veto and issued a statement: “Senate Bill 30 is a $1.2 billion tax hike, making it the largest in state history. This is bad for Kansas and bad for the many Kansans who would have more of their hard-earned money taken from them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lawmakers who supported the bill and the override said the 2012 policy was a mistake that had drained the state of revenue, leading to rounds of budget cuts and harming investments in roads and other priorities.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s hard to celebrate because Kansas is in such shambles. The magnitude of the problems that we have to correct is so great,” Rep. Melissa Rooker, R-Fairway, said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Given the recent fall in general conserviative leaning folks in the country<\/a>, I’m guessing the Kansas GOP, <\/b><\/i>liking neither the rock nor the hard place, chose higher taxes and moved to accord with reality, rather than hanging on to an ideology that had proven false.<\/p>\n

It’ll be important to keep an eye on Kansas to assess whether they begin to prosper\u00a0again – and why <\/i>– or if this is insufficient.<\/p>\n

Or if the state is permanently wrecked.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kansas has finally tossed out the Brownback plan for doom, over his torrid objections. Turns out the GOP – at least in Kansas – has its limits when disaster looms. The Wichita Eagle reports: Lawmakers rolled back Gov. Sam Brownback\u2019s signature tax policy over his objections Tuesday night, forcing into \u2026 Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9823"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9829,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9823\/revisions\/9829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}