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Grab your popcorn, the GOP party is going to blow up right before our very eyes in 2016!
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<blockquote data-quote="BrownArmy" data-source="post: 2127049" data-attributes="member: 18225"><p>Liberty for whom?</p><p></p><p>"In 2011, (Brownback) made good on his campaign promise and all but eliminated income taxes for the <strong><a href="http://reverbpress.com/politics/gop-governors-cut-taxes-on-the-rich-let-the-rest-of-us-pay/" target="_blank">wealthiest Kansans</a></strong> and business owners. In 2012, he cut income taxes again, leaving the poorest Kansans paying an <strong><a href="http://reverbpress.com/news/kansas-tea-party-raise-taxes/" target="_blank">11.6 percent in taxes, while the wealthier Kansans pay a rate of 3.6 percent</a></strong>. Similar to GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee’s “Fair Tax” plan, Brownback increased the sales tax in the state to make up for the lost state revenue from cutting income taxes for wealthy Kansans and business owners, which also punishes the poor because they spend more of their income buying goods...</p><p></p><p>Within a few days of the second election, the state announced a $600 million budget deficit, which is expected to grow to the billions if Brownback doesn’t take serious action. Funding was cut from education, more people were kicked off welfare, cuts to infrastructure spending, as well as a refusal to expand the state’s medicaid program. The education cuts were so bad, <strong><a href="http://reverbpress.com/politics/conservative-failure-kansas-schools-close-early-due-state-budget-cuts-video/" target="_blank">schools in six districts had to close their doors early</a></strong>..."</p><p></p><p><a href="http://reverbpress.com/politics/failed-reaganomics-experiment-kansas-keeps-getting-worse/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18px">LINK</span></a></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/06/where-republicans-went-wrong-in-kansas/396398/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 15px">Where Republicans Went Wrong in Kansas</span></a></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BrownArmy, post: 2127049, member: 18225"] Liberty for whom? "In 2011, (Brownback) made good on his campaign promise and all but eliminated income taxes for the [B][URL='http://reverbpress.com/politics/gop-governors-cut-taxes-on-the-rich-let-the-rest-of-us-pay/']wealthiest Kansans[/URL][/B] and business owners. In 2012, he cut income taxes again, leaving the poorest Kansans paying an [B][URL='http://reverbpress.com/news/kansas-tea-party-raise-taxes/']11.6 percent in taxes, while the wealthier Kansans pay a rate of 3.6 percent[/URL][/B]. Similar to GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee’s “Fair Tax” plan, Brownback increased the sales tax in the state to make up for the lost state revenue from cutting income taxes for wealthy Kansans and business owners, which also punishes the poor because they spend more of their income buying goods... Within a few days of the second election, the state announced a $600 million budget deficit, which is expected to grow to the billions if Brownback doesn’t take serious action. Funding was cut from education, more people were kicked off welfare, cuts to infrastructure spending, as well as a refusal to expand the state’s medicaid program. The education cuts were so bad, [B][URL='http://reverbpress.com/politics/conservative-failure-kansas-schools-close-early-due-state-budget-cuts-video/']schools in six districts had to close their doors early[/URL][/B]..." [URL='http://reverbpress.com/politics/failed-reaganomics-experiment-kansas-keeps-getting-worse/'][SIZE=5]LINK[/SIZE][/URL] [SIZE=5][URL='http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/06/where-republicans-went-wrong-in-kansas/396398/'][SIZE=4]Where Republicans Went Wrong in Kansas[/SIZE][/URL][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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