In my opinion, Eastern KS representatives, mostly in the KS Senate, were very greedy when Western KS was pumping oil in the 1970s and getting lots of money so the RINOs teamed up with the, who else, DimocRATS, and determined to get some of that "stash" themselves. Western KS got even by attaching the monies paid into KS schools for a "level plan" which gave equal amount per student regardless of area costs, salaries, etc.
Western KS school districts became so cash flush, that they were giving turkeys, hams and beef rib roasts out at Thanksgiving AND Christmas to all employees!
Conservatives, like myself, in Eastern KS never were in bed with the RINOs and never desired the tax dollars from Western KS but rather are in favor of keeping State taxes low, letting local counties and communities decide what their actual needs are and tax accordingly.
As to "sharing the wealth" of any windfall profits, that is left to the local communities NOT the province of the State, aka Marxist/Socialist Utopia!
Agreed, lean local government control is the best solution.
The founders understood that well.
“Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.” ~Thomas Paine