Kansas Policy Institute

 4.12.10

 

Commentary

On April 4th Kansas Policy Institute (KPI) began running an ad campaign to share options for balancing the state's general fund budget without eliminating services or raising anyone's taxes.  In an editorial published by the Wichita Eagle on April 7th Phillip Brownlee stated "State budget solutions aren't simple," which is true; our suggestions are common sense approaches and they are not simple, but they are possible.  KPI does not begrudge the Eagle's right to criticize or disagree with what we say; we do have a problem with the use of selective facts and irrelevant, misleading statements.
 
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Media Coverage on School Funding Survey
 

Last week we began holding press conferences and informational meetings regarding survey findings from The Research Partnership.  Survey results overwhelmingly showed Kansans' unwillingness to pay higher taxes to further fund schools under current conditions.
 
 
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Kansas Watchdog
 
 
 
 
 

 

Taxpayers Look Beyond Hype to Reality in Education Funding
By Paul Soutar
April 7, 2010

Kansas educators and politicians who use false or misleading information to call for tax increases to fund education risk their credibility with the taxpaying public. If you go beyond the headlines and obligatory quotes from school administrators in most news stories about school funding to the reader comments you'll find a lot of people who aren't...
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Math Problem in Blue Valley USD 229: Base Aid or Total Aid? 
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Education in Kansas to receive more federal money
Posted on Monday, April 12, 2010
But the $121 million has already been included in the 2011 budget.
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Kansas' economic strength ranks low among states
Posted on Wednesday, April 07, 2010
Study finds proposed new taxes will hurt overall revenue.
 
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Event: Law Liberty and Market Lecture Series

Tax Day Tea Party

Wichita, Kansas
 Thursday, April 15, 2010
5:00 PM to 6:30 PM
Wichita City Building and Sedgwick County Courthouse
455 North Main
Constitution Class
 April 24, 2010
Wichita Ks
 
Presented by:
Professor Kris Koback of the
University of Kansas School of Law
 
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Friends University Public Lecture
Dr. Brian Domitrovic

April 20, 2010 7-9 p.m.

MFT 101-102

The recent financial crisis has caused one of the most severe economic recessions since the 1930s. Governments around the world have responded with massive fiscal and monetary stimulus. How do these Keynesian policies jibe with history?
 

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