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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRepublican Voodoo Economics Fails Again. As it Always Does.
http://www.vox.com/2014/7/8/5868717/sam-brownback-kansas-tax-cut?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=voxdotcom&utm_content=tuesdayAs ever, Republicans are acting as though passionate belief can somehow turn a turd into a diamond. And as ever, they crow to the public, saying look at these fabulous jewels I am holding; but their hands contain naught save for steaming, malodorous shit. So it is in Kansas:
In 2012, Kansas governor Sam Brownback signed a massive tax cut into law, arguing that it would boost the states economy. Eventually, he hoped to eliminate individual income taxes entirely. Our place, Kansas, will show the path, the difficult path, for America to go in these troubled times, he said.
National conservative activists raved. Patrick Gleason of Americans for Tax Reform said Kansas was the story of the next decade. The Cato Institute praised Brownbacks impressive tax cuts and gave him an A on fiscal policy. And the Weekly Standards Bill Kristol said that, if reelected, Brownback would be a formidable presidential possibility.
Kansas is now hundreds of millions of dollars short in revenue collection, its job growth has lagged the rest of the nation, and Moodys has cut the states bond rating. Governor Brownback came in here with an agenda to reduce the size of government, reduce taxes, and create a great economic boom, says University of Kansas professor Burdett Loomis. Now theres been a dramatic decline in revenues, no great increase in economic activity, and weve got red ink until the cows come home.
As it was before, so it is now. Supply-Side Economics has never worked. Not once. Not ever.
But Repubs continue to believe in it, as though faith can turn fertilizer into gems. Marx believed in Conmunism, and it failed: Fundagelicals believe that the world is 6,000 years old, and they are full of it; Chamberlin believed Hitler, and look how that turned out.
Belief by itself is no basis for governmental action. Those who rely on magical thinking should remember: the things magicians do are called magic tricks. And tricks are all we ever get from the supply-siders.
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Republican Voodoo Economics Fails Again. As it Always Does. (Original Post)
riqster
Jul 2014
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Gothmog
(145,554 posts)1. Brownback is an idiot
edhopper
(33,615 posts)2. They will still
Crawl out of their hovels and travel over their crumbling State to vote GOP, because God and stuff.
Richardo
(38,391 posts)3. "It's an 'illusion', Michael....a trick is something a whore does for money."
Hey wait, they both work in this case!!
riqster
(13,986 posts)4. Best. Post. Ever.