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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAfter Huge Tax Cuts For The Rich, Kansas’s Economy Is Foundering
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/05/16/3438587/kansas-growth-projections/In a time of slack economic growth and high unemployment around the country, Kansas lawmakers thought they had the solution: massive tax cuts for the wealthy would lure economic activity and jump-start the states economy. But after Gov. Sam Brownback (R) signed $1.1 billion worth of tax cuts into law over the past two years, the state is behind the national average for economic growth.
A new forecast from Kansass budget officials projects that personal income in Kansas will grow more slowly than U.S. personal income in 2014 and 2015, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) writes. The projections come from Brownbacks own Division of the Budget, which expects personal income growth of 3.8 percent this year and 4.2 percent next year. The states overall economic growth is now projected to fall behind the nations after two decades of keeping pace, the think tank adds.
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Things are also getting worse for the neediest people in the state. Last fall, Census data revealed that the poverty rate in Kansas had risen each year since the governor was elected after vowing to reduce child poverty. A study by Kansas Action for Children last fall found that child poverty continues to rise in the state.
Brownbacks official response to the states poverty problem was a brief report that advocated fighting poverty by encouraging traditional family structures through eight-hour pre-marital education classes for couples wishing to wed, kicking tens of thousands of residents off of food stamps so that they will work harder, and finding mentors for the states kids.
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Welcome to Brownbackistan. Coming to a state near you soon.
randys1
(16,286 posts)who are literally trying to kill you?
What happens when you dont have a job, or food, or housing and no government to help you?
you die
riqster
(13,986 posts)"Tis better they die, and decrease the surplus population". (E. Scrooge)
myrna minx
(22,772 posts)Brownback and his fellow Republicans with their super majority were free to enact their delusional economic "utopia" and behold the disaster.
I feel for the people who suffer under these oppressive policies - and it's usually the children who suffer most.
leftyohiolib
(5,917 posts)for it - if you vote republican you deserve what u get
MuseRider
(34,111 posts)Sadly our alternative is not going to be the answer and we will never be able to get enough moderate republicans let alone democrats to help him if he wins.
I really wish there was a real democratic presence in this state. Lots of good people who are democrats but a lot of very spineless leaders.
RKP5637
(67,111 posts)Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)Neoconservative economics cannot fail, it can only be failed