Two years ago, the
Kansas government had a $700 million budget surplus. Today, that
figure has turned into a $279 million deficit and it's expected to be
a $900 million deficit by 2019. Why
is that? It's essentially a case of “Be careful what you wish
for, you might get it.” With a Republican Governor backed by a
Republican legislature, Tea Party-approved policies were put into
place. They've been an absolute, unmitigated disaster. What to do?
What to do?
A-ha! Back in 2013,
a state legislator noticed a middle school poster that she thought
was overly sexual and inappropriate for children of that age. Problem
solved! The Kansas Senate has
now approved a bill that a liberal opponent has referred to as
“a solution looking for a problem.” Also, “Pilcher-Cook and
other supporters of her measure also say that it’s necessary to
prevent the distribution of pornography in schools — a problem that
has not hitherto arisen.”
All this clearly
makes for a wonderful distraction from the utter failure of Governor
Brownback's economic policies to work in the way they were
advertised.
