Kansas Republicans Rebuke Their Conservative Governor

The Atlantic ^ | August 4, 2016 | Russell Berman

[C19fan]

The verdict on Governor Sam Brownback’s self-described “real live experiment” in conservative economics came back a long time ago, delivered through a budget gap that grew steadily into a chasm. On Tuesday, Kansas voters in the governor’s own party issued their sentence in a primary-day rout.

[C19fan]

The GOPe Strikes Back. Uniparty has won in Kansas again. The Tea Party wing brought this upon themselves. Brownback went full Arthur Laffer Supply Side tax cuts. If you own a business in Kansas your taxes were cut to zero. The whole problem is the necessary spending cuts were not implemented so every year there was a scramble at budget and Kansas bond ratings have been cut. In order to pay for spending consumption and sin taxes have been increased so Kansas has shifted to a more regressive tax structure. The over promised growth has not come; Kansas did not have burdensome taxes in the first place. So the GOPe has retaken power in Kansas.

[KeyLargo]

The media is giddy now and you will see more hyping up of the Never Trumper losers stories.

Republican Strategist Calls Trump a ‘Loudmouthed D**k’ During Interview With Anderson Cooper
Aug. 4, 2016 2:55am Dave Urbanski

Republican strategist Liz Mair has made no secret of her distaste for Donald Trump as the Republican presidential nominee, much less the victor in the November general election.

Mair runs an anti-Trump super PAC and has made great efforts to get under the billionaire real estate mogul’s skin.

That said, she had no interest in sugarcoating her never-Trump stance during an interview Wednesday evening with CNN’s Anderson Cooper in which she called Trump a “loudmouthed d**k.”

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2016/08/04/republican-strategist-calls-trump-a-loudmouthed-dk-during-interview-with-anderson-cooper/

[Will88]

The Laffer theory on taxes is called the Laffer Curve, meaning there are points along the curve where changes in tax rates will increase government revenue and points where changes in tax rates will decrease revenue. All that, of course, depending upon how much a change in tax rates increases or decreases economic activity that results in more or less total tax revenue being generated.

Some conservatives seem to forget that and act as if taxes are reduced to zero, that will maximize government revenue. This is an area where many conservatives need to speak more realistically and with more in dept understanding.

[bigbob]

Tea Party’s dead, self-inflicted. Failed to do what was promised so had to fall on their own sword.

[Lower Deck]

bfl

[NorthMountain]

The whole problem is the necessary spending cuts were not implemented

We face the same problem as a whole nation. Donald Trump take note: Cut the size, scope, and cost of government or America is dead.

[Aetius]

Sam Brownback was no conservative when it came to immigration. He helped torpedo the conservative Smith-Simpson bill in the mid-90s. That bill would have significantly reduced legal immigration, and perhaps preserved a demographic fighting chance for conservatism over the long run.

Perhaps Bill Clinton would have vetoed it, but perhaps he wouldn’t have considering it was an election year and the bill would no doubt have been popular with the public. But Republicans like Brownback made sure the bill never reached his desk.