Sunday, January 4, 2015

Sam Brownback’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad 31 hours

http://www.kansascity.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/yael-t-abouhalkah/article5332056.html
"Gov. Sam Brownback promised Kansans that his deep income tax cuts favoring the wealthy would bring lots of great new things to the state.
Instead, Brownback — and residents — have been enduring a steady drumbeat of bad news after the cuts took effect.
This week, a 31-hour stretch brought three different body blows to Brownback’s administration.
At 9 a.m. Tuesday, the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics released a report showing how jobs had grown in metropolitan areas across America.
Unfortunately for Brownback, the report showed that the Missouri side of the state line had gained jobs at four times the rate of the Kansas side. And yes, that’s after including new employment in Johnson and Wyandotte counties.
So much for Brownback’s promise that jobs would be fleeing Missouri-side cities for Kansas after the tax cuts."