Tax & Spending

Fewer government workers gives Kansans room to grow 0
- Tax & Spending
- October 21, 2022
September was another unexceptional month for Kansas’s jobs: the Sunflower State ranked in the bottom half nationwide for growth and is now in the minority of states that still haven’t fully recovered to pre-pandemic private-sector job numbers. Reducing the size of government and government workers is an opportunity to give Kansans more opportunity in the
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Governor Kelly Ranked “C” in Fiscal Policy: ranked below nearby governors 0
- Tax & Spending
- October 17, 2022
This year, Kansas Governor Laura Kelly earned a C on the Cato Institute’s Fiscal Policy Report Card on America’s Governors for 2022. The gradings were calculated from seven variables including the growth of general fund spending, the approval or veto of tax reform, and changes in income and sales tax rates from 2020 and beyond
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Kansas lost $295 million AGI in 2020 because of people leaving the state 0
- Tax & Spending
- October 13, 2022
In 2020, Kansas saw nearly $295 million in Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) leave the state. This latest AGI data is from the IRS and reflects changes in their measure of gross income minus deductions, which is the basis for calculating taxes. It’s a tool to track people and their income moving from one state to
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Big revenues don’t excuse big government spending 0
- Tax & Spending
- October 4, 2022
It seems fitting that the spookiest month of the year is brought in with something scary: the allure of big government spending! However, last month, Kansas exceeded its tax revenue expectations by $234.9 million. As this year’s election grows closer, big promises about what to do with the ever-growing stack of state cash keep coming
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Stagnation continues in the Kansas economy with tax & spend mentality 0
- Tax & Spending
- September 29, 2022
Contrary to what you may hear from the state’s major newspapers and TV stations, the Kansas economy isn’t doing very well. It’s not a secret – the public data clearly shows Kansas trailing the nation in jobs and other measures of economic growth – so ignoring the negative economic news is a conscious decision. WeREAD MORE
Miller / Amyx property tax plan busts the budget in its first full year 0
- Tax & Spending
- September 27, 2022
Reps. Vic Miller, D-Topeka, and Mike Amyx, D-Lawrence, are proposing a constitutional amendment and statutory changes that will make the state general fund go bust in its first full year. It's good to see these legislators admit that property taxes are too high, and we're all for tax relief. But it must be done byREAD MORE