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Comments
merrill 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Kansas republicans NOT want to cut taxes and force down wages. Where will tax dollar revenue come from?
Think long term impact.
It isn't only union wages that go down. It's most wages. If all unions get busted and those millions upon millions are receiving less that translates into most all other workers making less money because workers across America will quit spending money.
When workers quit spending money what happens for the long term?
People go out of business thus more job losses.
Carpenters,plumbers and electricians go out of business because workers cannot afford more houses.
Property values sink because there is no money and foreclosures continue to rise.
New auto sales will slump AGAIN.
MORE retirement plans will go up in smoke because Wall Street will take a dive because spending which drives investors is no where to be found.
Millions more will not be able to pay for medical insurance.
Sales taxes will increase because all other tax sources have gone up in smoke.
Infrastructure will go longer without maintenance and/or replacement.
This is but a short list.
windex 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Excellent LTE. Thank you.
cowboy 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Excellent letter !
jonas_opines 3 months, 2 weeks ago
On the other hand, it probably does matter how you define cronyism.
DougCounty 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Sometimes the line between a system of cronyism and a mertiocracy depends on the eye of the beholder. Furthermore, most public arts funding goes to introducing art to underserved populations in locations that could not afford the "luxury" of arts programs, including art exhibits, education programs, lectures, demonstrations, etc. Similarly, is physical education funding a system of cronyism rewarding its practitioners at the public expense, or is it seen by a community to have inherent value and worthy of support because of its across-the-board benefits?
just_another_bozo_on_this_bus 3 months, 2 weeks ago
You're right-- additional "sin" taxes on things like tobacco should only be used to fund the resources required to deal with the negative effects of its use. In the case of tobacco, that would clearly be the funding of medical care for the many diseases it causes or exacerbates.
But given that Republicans believe only the wealthy deserve access to medical care, look for an increase in sin taxes of all kinds as the Republicans look for ways to fund elimination of taxes on the wealthy.
just_another_bozo_on_this_bus 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Perhaps you should place more emphasis on learning to read.
just_another_bozo_on_this_bus 3 months, 2 weeks ago
One of the best letters submitted here in a long time.
verity 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Yes.
verity 3 months, 2 weeks ago
"obstinate spitefulness"
Pretty much sums up this whole administration.
I do see that even some Brownback/Koch/ALEC diehards are against taking away the home mortgage deduction. Why? Because they're looking at their re-election and they know that one is pissing people off.
yourworstnightmare 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Knowlin's quoting of the "Leviathan" Edmund Burke's statement deserves requoting:
"“the state ought not to be considered as nothing better than a partnership in a trade of pepper and coffee, calico or tobacco, or some other such low concern … because it is not a partnership in things subservient only to a gross animal existence …. It is a partnership in all science, all art, …in every virtue.”"
I guess Burke was a taker, a liberal.
just_another_bozo_on_this_bus 3 months, 2 weeks ago
When Bill Clinton spoke here several years ago, he was lamenting the moral, intellectual and ideological decline of conservatism (and it's only gotten worse since then.)
He gave the following view of conservatism he'd heard from an old-school conservative (my paraphrasing.)--
The solution to any problem or issue should first be addressed by the private sector. If that doesn't work, then it's up to local governments. If that doesn't work, it's up to state governments. And the last stop for solutions should be at the federal level. But there was no demonization of government as pure evil and incompetence in anything it attempted to do. There was no hysterical rush to dismantle and defund government in order to satisfy extreme anti-government ideologies.
jayhawklawrence 3 months, 2 weeks ago
I just want to add to what has already been stated many times here that I believe this is an amazingly good letter to the editor by Mr. Nowlin.
If I was creating an anthology of greatest letters to editors, this would definitely be in it.
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