Another trickle down boondoggle

[someoneyouknow]

In another shining example of doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results, Republican-led Kansas embarked on a wild-assed attempt to show how cutting taxes will magically increase revenue.

As it stands now, Kansas will have no monetary reserve in the coming fiscal years, and both Moody's and Standard and Poor's have cut the bond rating for the state.

Even worse, what little budget surplus the state had was extinguished in the first few months of this grand experiment. But the governor has been putting up a good fight, trying every excuse imaginable to blame someone else for the budgetary woes including the old, "That's not what I said" when he's shown the transcripts of his own speeches and the infamous, "We just need a little more time" though it's been two years since the cuts were implemented and they're asking for two more years until things work themselves out.

As if to underscore how ridiculous this flailing attempt to prove tickle down works, Forbes, that bastion of "cut everything except corporate subsidies", is questioning the sanity of Kansas Republicans who, apparently because of previous cuts to education when the legislators were growing up, never learned basic math.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/beltway/2014/07/15/whats-the-matter-with-kansas-and-its-tax-cuts-it-cant-do-math/

However, in a piece of good news, the roads are still in decent shape.

http://www.kansascity.com/news/government-politics/article3729756.html

http://www.kansascity.com/news/government-politics/article673701.html

 

[Amber_Gris]

Once it's trickled down to the insides of my knees, if you haven't made your move, you are one poor bastard.

 

[Que]

Well, if the massive defeat of Dems can be spun as bad news for Republicans, setting them up for failure in 2016...lemme see if I can spin this...

Good.

Since, unlike the Federal Government, Kansas likely has to balance their books, they will be slashing government jobs. This is a very good thing. By 2016 they will have one of the leanest budgets in the nation. Good for them!

 

[Amberchgo]

You could always give more of your money to the Govt and hope they "trickle" a little back your way.

 

[RobDownSouth]

Kansans seem to want to profit from gutting their childrens' educations. Doesn't speak well for the state's long-term outlook.

 

[kbate]

What exactly would you call the 4 trillion dollars of Quantitative Easing if not "Trickle Down"?

 

[Que]

Naturally, the teachers are first on the block. There is no other available place to cut. Not administrators, certainly not bureaucrats, not public "art". Nope children are always trussed up under the sword of Damocles.

You interest in children as cannon fodder is well known.

You forgot to mention that police and fire departments are right after that.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

In another shining example of doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results, Republican-led Kansas embarked on a wild-assed attempt to show how cutting taxes will magically increase revenue.

As it stands now, Kansas will have no monetary reserve in the coming fiscal years, and both Moody's and Standard and Poor's have cut the bond rating for the state.

Even worse, what little budget surplus the state had was extinguished in the first few months of this grand experiment. But the governor has been putting up a good fight, trying every excuse imaginable to blame someone else for the budgetary woes including the old, "That's not what I said" when he's shown the transcripts of his own speeches and the infamous, "We just need a little more time" though it's been two years since the cuts were implemented and they're asking for two more years until things work themselves out.

As if to underscore how ridiculous this flailing attempt to prove tickle down works, Forbes, that bastion of "cut everything except corporate subsidies", is questioning the sanity of Kansas Republicans who, apparently because of previous cuts to education when the legislators were growing up, never learned basic math.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/beltway/2014/07/15/whats-the-matter-with-kansas-and-its-tax-cuts-it-cant-do-math/

However, in a piece of good news, the roads are still in decent shape.

http://www.kansascity.com/news/government-politics/article3729756.html

http://www.kansascity.com/news/government-politics/article673701.html

You do not know fuck about KANSAS.

The fucking Star-Pravda is a Missouri paper and you need to know something about the history of the two states and the enmity which exists and is still real.

 

[phrodeau]

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[Amberchgo]

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As it stands now, Kansas will have no monetary reserve in the coming fiscal years, and both Moody's and Standard and Poor's have cut the bond rating for the state.



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And yet the state is rated light years ahead of the liberal wet dream states of California and Illinois.

 

[Que]

You do not know fuck about KANSAS.

The fucking Star-Pravda is a Missouri paper and you need to know something about the history of the two states and the enmity which exists and is still real.

Uh, its the KANSAScity Star not the MISSOURIcity Star, dummy.

It's got KANSAS right 'thar in the name!! Uh Huh!

I'm not sure Dorthy and Toto are in Kansas anymore...

 

[RobDownSouth]

And yet the state is rated light years ahead of the liberal wet dream states of California and Illinois.

Notice how stupid Amber forgets to tell us who is doin' the rating here.
Stupid Amber.

 

[cowslinger64]

You do not know fuck about KANSAS.

The fucking Star-Pravda is a Missouri paper and you need to know something about the history of the two states and the enmity which exists and is still real.

Uh, its the KANSAScity Star not the MISSOURIcity Star, dummy.

It's got KANSAS right 'thar in the name!! Uh Huh!

I'm not sure Dorthy and Toto are in Kansas anymore...

Dumbfucks... that story is all over the internet and can be found on numerous legitimate web sites.


The stupid is strong with you today egghead.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

Uh, its the KANSAScity Star not the MISSOURIcity Star, dummy.

It's got KANSAS right 'thar in the name!! Uh Huh!

I'm not sure Dorthy and Toto are in Kansas anymore...

lmao...

 

[Que]

Dumbfucks... that story is all over the internet and can be found on numerous legitimate web sites.


The stupid is strong with you today egghead.

I was AGREEING with you...

Obviously the KANSAScity Star is KANSAS paper.

What MO' do you want?

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

Remember when the harsh winter was used to justify the national GDP in defense of the administration this year?

WTF do you idiots think it did to a rural farm state?

 

[Que]

Remember when the harsh winter was used to justify the national GDP in defense of the administration this year?

WTF do you idiots think it did to a rural farm state?

Which State? Kansas or Missouri?

Or was it ArKANSAS? To be honest I have sorta lost the conversational thread here.

I was just reading another Kansas paper.

This one is the arKANSAS Democrat-Gazette.

Imma look up the price of a bushel of Kansas winter wheat.

 

[BotanyBoy]

Well, if the massive defeat of Dems can be spun as bad news for Republicans, setting them up for failure in 2016...lemme see if I can spin this...

Good.

Since, unlike the Federal Government, Kansas likely has to balance their books, they will be slashing government jobs. This is a very good thing. By 2016 they will have one of the leanest budgets in the nation. Good for them!

Hardly..they will be broke ass bitches begging for welfare....again.

That's what happens when don't collect enough taxes to pay your bills....but no matter how many times it's been proven what a fuck tard concept that is they still persist that everything is better off when we don't pay our bills.

Kansans seem to want to profit from gutting their childrens' educations. Doesn't speak well for the state's long-term outlook.

They need to let them do it....I think the best thing we could do for red states is let them hang themselves.

And yet the state is rated light years ahead of the liberal wet dream states of California and Illinois.

LOL in what way? It certainty isn't in making fuck tons of money.

 

[NickiC]

Hardly..they will be broke ass bitches begging for welfare....again.

That's what happens when don't collect enough taxes to pay your bills....but no matter how many times it's been proven what a fuck tard concept that is they still persist that everything is better off when we don't pay our bills.



They need to let them do it....I think the best thing we could do for red states is let them hang themselves.




LOL in what way? It certainty isn't in making fuck tons of money.

So true. OP. Ever go to Texas? The most atrocious roads on the universe. Yay Rick Perry!

 

[BotanyBoy]

So true. OP. Ever go to Texas? The most atrocious roads on the universe. Yay Rick Perry!

WHUT?? That's like the 1 decent thing TX does have....

TX has the most ballin' roads man.....flat, smooth and little to no emissions laws.

I-10 in between Katy and Houston, 20/30/635 in DFW....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feKonA8UHGs

most smokin' super speedways on Earth, fuck the Autobahn and fuck the police...@ 150mph + they don't even try.

 

[Que]

So true. OP. Ever go to Texas? The most atrocious roads on the universe. Yay Rick Perry!

Do you have any idea how many miles of roads Texas has? I should hope that Lajolla California would have more dollars per mile of asphalt to work with.

Texas has 26.45 million residents and just the roads maintained by the state are about 90,000 miles. That works out to about 300 taxpayers to support each mile.

at 3.1- 9.1 million to construct a highway in rural area and double that in urban areas...

Lets say they replace each mile once every twenty years. Lets say 1/2 the low end to tear it up, relay the roadbed and repave.

thats a million and a half spent every 20 miles so its about $250 in capital expenditure per year per resident on repaving alone. Likely it includes a lot of federal DOT dollars from gas taxes and probably has to be done at union scale.

 

[BotanyBoy]

Do you have any idea how many miles of roads Texas has? I should hope that Lajolla California would have more dollars per mile of asphalt to work with.

Texas has 26.45 million residents and just the roads maintained by the state are about 90,000 miles. That works out to about 300 taxpayers to support each mile.

at 3.1- 9.1 million to construct a highway in rural area and double that in urban areas...

Lets say they replace each mile once every twenty years. Lets say 1/2 the low end to tear it up, relay the roadbed and repave.

thats a million and a half spent every 20 miles so its about $250 in capital expenditure per year per resident on repaving alone. Likely it includes a lot of federal DOT dollars from gas taxes and probably has to be done at union scale.

I Know....CUT TAXES!!! That will help fund the roads faster and better right??

LOL