Job Growth Archives - Kansas Policy Institute

Kansas Job Growth Rank Improves Post-Tax-Relief 0
- Tax & Spending
- September 28, 2017
Kansas job growth rank is still better since the 2012 tax relief effort despite ongoing challenges in oil, agriculture and aerospace according to 2016 data just released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Kansas was ranked #40 among the states for Private Nonfarm job growth between 1998 and 2012 but has moved up to #37
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Kansas Legislature to Citizens – let them eat cake 0
- Tax & Spending
- May 31, 2017
With the 2017 Kansas Legislature careening toward a close, the majority of legislators in both chambers are doubling down on efforts to gouge citizens and leave generations of students behind so that those who profit from excessive and inefficient government can prosper. For those who might think that statement hyperbolical, consider the evidence: As shown
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Pass-Through Exemption Helped Add 18,000 jobs in 2015 2
- Tax & Spending
- April 23, 2017
The pass-through exemption for LLCs, Sub-S corps, partnerships and proprietors helped add over 18,000 new jobs in 2015 while all other private employers had small declines. New U.S. Census data shows employment at pass-through entities increased by almost 4 percent while the other major category – C-corps – declined by a half percent. Kansas was
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PEAK subsidy costs Kansas $48.5 million annually 0
- Tax & Spending
- April 19, 2017
Many Democrats and Republicans in the Kansas Legislature are pushing for a very large personal income tax increase as the primary method of balancing the budget over the next two years, but they’ve shown little interest in stopping most of the special tax breaks they give to select businesses and government retirees. The PEAK subsidy
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States that Spend Less, Tax Less…and Grow More 0
- Tax & Spending
- April 7, 2017
The correlation is as strong today as when published in the Wall Street Journal back in 2012: states that spend less, tax less…and grow more. Data collected from various government agencies and compiled in KPI’s 2017 Green Book show the states that tax income spent 42 percent more per-resident in 2015 than the states without an
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Fake news in Kansas promotes political agenda 0
- Tax & Spending
- March 28, 2017
An editorial in the Wichita Eagle reminded me that it’s been awhile since I wrote about fake news in Kansas, and there’s a lot. The Eagle editorial bemoaned a loss of 400 jobs in February but failed to disclose that private sector employment set a new record! The Bureau of Labor Statistics data comparing February 2016
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