What’s the difference between Kansas and New Jersey? One answer that comes to mind: unlike the comparison to our neighboring states, Kansas has a more limited, fiscally conservative government than the Garden State. Or so we thought. Let’s look at the actions of the two states over the last few weeks. New Jersey [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Americans for Prosperity’
Liberal Kansas internet groupies flip-flop faster than John Kerry
It’s a set of dance moves that would make John Kerry proud. Government run healthcare supporters gathered in Wichita Saturday to protest the Healthcare Freedom Amendment (HFA). The Amendment, sponsored by Reps. Brenda Landwehr, Peggy Mast and Sen. Mary Pilcher-Cook, would try to prevent the federal government from imposing fines, or even jail time, to [...]
TEE Party moves to legislator’s offices
Around 80 citizens attended AFP’s TEE Party in the capital. Activists stood outside the House chambers to greet legislators as they entered and then moved to the viewing balcony to see our government at work. One activist had a campaign flyer from her Senator stating that she had worked to remove the franchise tax, eliminate [...]
TEE Party in the capital
There’s a TEE Party in the statehouse today. Americans for Prosperity – Kansas has organized grassroots activists to come and encourage lawmakers to not tax their way out of their spending problem. Citizens met this morning at 10am and are now spread throughout the statehouse speaking with legislators about what needs to be done to [...]
So, just what exactly did your children and grandchildren pay for?
The Johnson County bloggers at Red County have a nice list posted of what our children and grandchildren will be paying for in the years to come. I’ll share some of my favorites: $1 billion for NASA $2 billion to develop advanced batteries for hybrid cars $650 million for the digital TV converter box coupon [...]