Salon.com > Governor Sam Brownback http://www.salon.com Sat, 25 May 2013 01:08:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Sam Brownback’s Kansas is a resort for “makers” http://www.salon.com/2013/01/27/sam_brownbacks_kansas_is_a_resort_for_makers_partner/ http://www.salon.com/2013/01/27/sam_brownbacks_kansas_is_a_resort_for_makers_partner/#comments Sun, 27 Jan 2013 14:00:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13182024 Much like Bobby Jindal in Louisiana, Governor Sam Brownback is busy turning Kansas into a right-wing paradise, with low wages, few public services, and reactionary social policy. Since 2010, when conservative Republicans—including Brownback—took full control of the state, Kansas has passed strict new anti-abortion laws as well as large cuts to education and mental healthcare services. And last year, Brownback signed a bill that cuts state income taxes by roughly $3.7 billion over five years, and collapses the state’s current three-bracket tax system into two brackets: 4.9 percent and 3 percent.

The American Prospect That tax cut took effect this month, and as the New York Times reports, it’s the largest reduction in Kansas history. It’s also only the beginning; this week, Kansas Republicans introduced a bill that would pare taxes further, and eventually eliminate the state’s individual income tax.

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