Thursday, September 11, 2014

Instead of 'legitimate rape' remarks, this time right-wing economic policies are sinking GOP chances

www.dailykos.com/story/2014/09/07/1327101/-Instead-of-legitimate-rape-remarks-this-time-right-wing-economic-policies-are-sinking-GOP-chances
"In Kansas, the right wing has completely run the show in the state capitol since the 2012 elections, when Sam Brownback (who became governor two years earlier) led a purge of moderate Republicans who were acting as a brake on his agenda in the state Senate. Kansas is now a laboratory for what would happen if conservative Republicans gained full control of government. Empowered state Republicans slashed taxes for the rich, arguing that an economic boom would follow. It didn't, as job growth in Kansas has underperformed the national average (as has Scott Walker's Wisconsin, another state that moved hard right around the same time). But what did follow was a huge hole in the state's budget (while liberal-dominated California is running a surplus and paying down debt)."