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"Kansas has a problem. In April and May, the state planned to collect $651 million from personal income tax. But instead, it received only $369 million.
In 2012, Kansas lawmakers passed a large and rather unusual income tax cut. It was expected to reduce state tax revenue by more than 10 percent, and Gov. Sam Brownback said it would create "tens of thousands of jobs.""* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.
Jack Rabbit
(45,984 posts)You can't cut education in Kansas. Everyone will end up as stupid as Brownback.
KansDem
(28,498 posts)...but one saving grace is that there are Republicans concerned about cuts to education. The one thing Republicans and Democrats can agree on here in Johnson County: education is still valued and needs proper funding.
Paul Davis is the Democrat challenging Brownback. He is looking good in the polls!
Brownback and Davis on education:
Brownback from "On the Issues"
We still need integration, but voluntary & incentivized. (Sep 2007)
Equal funds for abstinence as contraceptive-based education. (Sep 2007)
Evolution debate puts faith & science at odds unnecessarily. (Jun 2007)
Does not believe in evolution. (May 2007)
Stare decisis would have upheld separate-but-equal. (Jan 2006)
Voted NO on additional $10.2B for federal education & HHS projects. (Oct 2007)
Voted NO on $52M for "21st century community learning centers". (Oct 2005)
Voted NO on $5B for grants to local educational agencies. (Oct 2005)
Voted NO on shifting $11B from corporate tax loopholes to education. (Mar 2005)
Voted NO on funding smaller classes instead of private tutors. (May 2001)
Voted NO on funding student testing instead of private tutors. (May 2001)
Voted NO on spending $448B of tax cut on education & debt reduction. (Apr 2001)
Voted YES on Educational Savings Accounts. (Mar 2000)
Voted YES on allowing more flexibility in federal school rules. (Mar 1999)
Voted YES on education savings accounts. (Jun 1998)
Voted YES on school vouchers in DC. (Sep 1997)
Rated 27% by the NEA, indicating anti-public education votes. (Dec 2003)
http://www.ontheissues.org/sam_brownback.htm
Davis, from "Project VoteSmart"
Education Issues
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding education.
Xa) Support state funding of universal pre-K programs.
Xb) Support federal education standards and testing requirements for K-12 students (No Child Left Behind).
Xc) Support state education standards and testing requirements for K-12 students.
d) Support requiring public schools to administer high school exit exams.
e) Allow parents to use vouchers to send their children to any public school.
f) Allow parents to use vouchers to send their children to any private or religious school.
Xg) Provide state funding to increase teacher salaries.
h) Support using a merit pay system for teachers.
Xi) Provide state funding for tax incentives and financial aid to help make college more affordable.
Xj) Support allowing illegal immigrant high school graduates of Kansas to pay in-state tuition at public universities.
k) Other or expanded principles
(I believe the "Xs" are positions from the list that Davis supports)
http://votesmart.org/candidate/political-courage-test/34518/paul-davis/#.U73AyPldUgI
It could be that Davis will pull enough votes from moderate Republicans concerned about education that he'll beat Brownback in November!
wandy
(3,539 posts)supercats
(429 posts)Thank You Cenk!! You couldn't have been clearer.
LiberalBias--Truth
(2 posts)From his re-election website, Brownback writes, "Help me stand up for Kansas against an over-reaching federal government. Join Lt Governor Colyer and I today."
Why not leave Colyer out of it and just say, "Join I today." Priceless.
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)cyberswede
(26,117 posts)Brownback should have written "Join Lt Governor Colyer and me today" instead of "Join Lt Governor Colyer and I today."
(if you were talking about only yourself, you woudn't say "join I today" - you'd say "join me today" - it's a way to double check proper usage)
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)Once again, the old dishonest Reagan bullshit, "If we cut taxes it will increase revenue."