The tea party GOP ruination of Kansas — Republican policies created an economic disaster

[UCmeNdc]

Give some credit to Sam Brownback, the far-right Republican governor of Kansas: He's got tenacity. Confronted by an unbroken string of reports that his fiscal policies are leading his state to economic ruin, he hasn't given an inch.

We've been chronicling the tea party ruination of Brownback's Kansas for more than two years, since soon after he enacted a slew of dramatic tax cuts in the conviction that they would unleash stupendous economic growth.

The latest evidence to the contrary comes from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, which has just released its monthly survey of economic indices for the 50 states. The survey compiles state-level statistics on nonfarm payroll employment, average hours worked in manufacturing by production workers, the unemployment rate, and inflation-adjusted wages and salaries.

Kansas ranked rock bottom in the three-month change in these metrics from July through September, with a decline of 1.18 percent. Indeed, it was one of only eight states that showed any decline. The U.S. average gained 0.64 percent. Most of the other states with negative changes were oil-and-gas producers. Kansas is too, but that industry has been a tiny factor in its economy for years.


http://www.rawstory.com/2016/11/the-tea-party-ruination-of-kansas/

[tonyt53]

1. Kentucky is headed down the exact same path.

[LovinBlueInKY]

3. Completely agree! 😵

But our guv just blames Obama and everyone believes him.

[MyOwnPeace]

2. Supply-side, trickle-down.........

GAWD!!!!
Didn't ANYBODY watch RAYGUN?!?!?

[3catwoman3]

6. Speaking of trickle down -

I sometimes read to fast, and my sleep-deprived brain saw the lead statement as "GOP Urination On."

They might as well have, for all the good Brownback has done Kansas.

[Wounded Bear]

7. Well, they do call it "trickle down"....

[subterranean]

4. Obviously the tax cuts weren't big enough.

There's only one solution: more tax cuts!

Kansas is a model for what the Republicans want to do to the entire country.

[wiggs]

5. This kind of global condemnation of gop policies and record has been missing from

the dem campaign, for some reason. I know Hillary wants to court republicans to vote for her (28% of early voting republicans voted for her in Florida...good) but the case against the horrendous gop record of governing and campaigning is so clear that to not mention it is like not mentioning that #1 football team Alabama has a better record, better personnel, better coaches, better legacy, better facilities, better strategies than, let's say, woeful Colorado State if they were to play against each other. Instead, football commentators might be comparing personalities of the head coaches and trying to reduce the game, played by 200 kids and a couple dozen coaches, down to the lifestyles and hand sizes of the head coaches. Of course, football commentators wouldn't do that...so why are our political pundits, officials, and journalists deliberately ignoring the bigger picture and focusing on the horserace of personalities?

And who's to say that if dems really focused on the pitiful and deplorable gop record of governing, policies, and statements that the 28% crossover vote wouldn't INCREASE?

I really don't get it, and as the poll picture becomes less clear I'm getting angry about it.

[Hortensis]

8. The old "What's the Matter with Kansas," but let's not

forget that it's the Kochs' Kansas. Brownback is just one of the politicians they chose to style the state to suit them. Only cutting the head off this snake would loosen its grip.