Today in the Fiasco That Is the Great State of Kansas Under Gov. Sam Brownback
I agree with all the Republican presidential candidates. The best thing to do is to hand as much responsibility for government as we can back to the states. This is especially true for education policy. That way, we can get important matters out of the hands of Washington bureaucrats and into the hands of people like Kansas Governor Sam Brownback.
Brownback shared his plans for the current budget cycle on Thursday ahead of a Senate vote on a bill aimed at eradicating a $344 million deficit projected for the end of June. More than half of the money would be taken from funding for K-12 schools, and take place as soon as March 7, The Associated Press reported. The cut would also affect Kansas colleges and universities. Top Republicans said lawmakers need to agree on a solution to fix the budget by Feb. 13 to make sure the state pays its bills on time through the summer months. Brownback spent his first term slashing taxes for the rich, promising it would lead to boom times for everyone else. Brownback's "real live experiment" was supposed to lift Kansas out of the recession and into economic prosperity. The tax breaks instead led to debt downgrades, weak growth, and left the state finances in shambles. The Republican-led legislature in his state previously celebrated his massive tax cuts, but his action landed the state's budget in shambles when it didn't boost the economy like he'd hoped.
Or maybe place it into the hands of people like current GOP Hot Number John Kasich.
See, here's the thing about lab rats. Most of them die.
Tenth Amendment, people!
