Starving the beast leaves us all hungry

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November 4, 2013 - 12:00 AM

Gov. Brownback has an odd view of what success is.
Last week’s news of another month of low tax receipts was termed as good news by Brownback, and more evidence that his tax cuts “are working.”
He’s right. If you don’t collect taxes, revenues drop. Every time.
But darn, that state budget is a bother.
Since July’s start of the fiscal year, the state is $27 million short of expected income, mainly because of the massive income tax cuts. This October’s gathering of $187 million was 15 percent less…

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