It is urgent that we get behind our conservative candidates and turn this nation back from the brink of tyranny the left would impose--actually IS imposing!
If we value our freedom and if we value America, each of needs to make at least some effort to keep freedom. We cannot afford to sit this one out; we may not have another chance. First, is to be registered to vote, then is being informed, helping our candidates, and donating to their campaigns. One of the most vital things--which Democrats do in spades--is to get out the vote. We can do that by calling a friend or two and taking them along to the polls.
Here is my letter-to-the-editor for our local paper:
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People criticizing the economy of Kansas need to compare it with Illinois, where high taxes on everything are driving business from that state! In his campaign for governor, Paul Davis repeatedly states that “Brownback’s real, live experiment has failed.”
However, as people are taking a closer look at the facts, they are actually finding a success story. In late 2012, Kansas had the second-highest tax burden in the region. The reserve fund was depleted, a $500 million deficit projected. With Brownback’s flatter, simpler tax, we saw state taxes reduced from 6.45% to 4.9% and small businesses finding relief with elimination of income tax.
Wealth of States co-author Stephen Moore has examined Brownback’s plan to stimulate growth and create jobs and compared it with Illinois, which enacted their largest ever tax increase in 2011. Kansas this past fiscal year experienced a 1.13 percent increase in private sector employment, growing 0.78%--72% higher than Illinois’ 0.46%. Our real gross domestic product increased 1.9 percent--the national average being 1.8% and Illinois less than 1%.
Paul Davis and others arguing for big government fail to point out that the Illinois credit rating has been downgraded nine times, not once. They end this year with a $4 billion debt, while Kansas ends with a $435 million cash balance. Brownback’s budget director Shawn Sullivan states, “There are a lot of prognostications that the sky is falling with the Kansas budget, and I am here to say that, that is not correct. The economy will grow.”