Name:	GoneFishin -	Reply
Subject:	A Right Wing Disaster
Date:	7/15/2014 12:30:43 AM

The state of Kansas under a Republican gov is a disaster, And, he wants to be POTUS. Maybe, the spokesman for the wing nuts on the for right can offer a defense of the pitiful situation or, at least, an explanation.

Please Explain This Disaster

Name:	MartiniMan -	Reply
Subject:	LOL!
Date:	7/15/2014 8:40:58 AM

Really GF, an op-ed from the rarely correct NY Times?!?!?  Do you really want to compare the record of Republican governors to states run by Democrats?  I really don't think you want to go there but if you do let me know.  It will take no time to demonstrate that the worst Republican governor is significantly more effective than the best Democrat........but that is a pretty low bar.  After all, they consistently raise taxes and still run huge deficits.......

Ruinous tax cuts.......that's a real laugher.  The problem with the state of Kansas is that spending went up $1B from 2011 to 2014......and that is why no serious conservative in the GOP is talking much about Sam Brownback as president.   

Name:	MrHodja -	Reply
Subject:	LOL!
Date:	7/15/2014 10:21:01 AM

Goofy does have a problem recognizing the difference between fact and opinion.

Name:	GoneFishin -	Reply
Subject:	LOL! ALL THE WAY TO BILLARY 2016
Date:	7/15/2014 11:57:02 AM

A weak response blaming the messenger tells all the "opinion" is correct.

Name:	MrHodja -	Reply
Subject:	LOL!
Date:	7/15/2014 2:40:06 PM

Goofy is also the type of fella who would deduce that if the barn is yellow then the road obviously must go south.

Name:	MartiniMan -	Reply
Subject:	Huh?!?!?
Date:	7/15/2014 2:48:15 PM

I think I pointed out that the budget has risen by $1B over three years resulting in the deficit.  From the Moody's downgrade report:  ""The downgrade reflects Kansas' relatively sluggish recovery compared with its peers," said Moody's press release. The rating agency cited "revenue reductions (resulting from tax cuts) which have not been fully offset by recurring spending cuts" among the causes and noted that the phasing-in of new tax cuts "will continue to exert pressure on the budget."  Note the language that the tax cuts were not fully offset by spending cuts.  In fact, spending went up.  And do please note that the tax cuts occurred in 2013

But here is the crux of this GF.....and pay attention as you might learn something.  Tax cuts have an immediate negative impact on revenue but the positive impacts of leaving more money in the hands of the citizens and businesses in the state will take some time to occur.  That is the way it always works just like rasing taxes like Clinton did in 1997 didn't tank the economy until 1999 when Algore was running for POTUS but left the government with temporary surpluses (better known as over taxation).  And the economy didn't recover right away when W lowered taxes but took off afterward until Dems took control of Congress and the mortgage bubble burst.  Those are historical realities that I know are hard to accept when you adhere blindly to a failed ideology.

Name:	MartiniMan -	Reply
Subject:	LOL!
Date:	7/16/2014 9:54:44 PM

He is living, breathing non sequitar.....