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2016 Postmortem

EV_Ares

(6,587 posts) Sat Apr 25, 2015, 09:32 AM Apr 2015

Kansas' experiment in concentrated conservatism keeps getting grimmer [View all]

Kansas is in the midst of a grim experiment putting crackpot supply-side economic theories into practice. While these economic anti-reforms will have devastating results for poor people in the state, in other respects Republican Gov. Sam Brownback and his legislative allies have made the government more intrusive into the private lives of the state's citizens. April has provided some particularly egregious examples of this disastrous turn.

Kansas Republicans certainly have no intention of taking responsibility for this disaster, which means a search for scapegoats. The targets should not be surprising: poor people, women, and gay people.

Rest of Article: https://theweek.com/articles/551262/kansas-experiment-concentrated-conservatism-keeps-getting-grimmer

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Kansas' experiment in concentrated conservatism keeps getting grimmer [View all] EV_Ares Apr 2015 OP

"poor people, women, and gay people" workinclasszero Apr 2015 #1

Apparently a lot of people in Kansas think this is the cat's meow because they just re-elected world wide wally Apr 2015 #2

Actually , maybe not maindawg Apr 2015 #4

Then they better do something about it world wide wally Apr 2015 #6

that's rather silly hfojvt Apr 2015 #11

Enough Kansans love this stuff enough to keep electing those fools. BillZBubb Apr 2015 #3

I bet all of the Kansas conservatives simply blame Obama and the evil liberal socialists stillwaiting Apr 2015 #5

Imagine, if you can, someone saying "I amputated my arm because the guy with a tea bag world wide wally Apr 2015 #7

Are the rich feeling any of this yet? jwirr Apr 2015 #8

Please don't anyone just say, "Oh, those idiots in Kansas SheilaT Apr 2015 #9

not enough people hfojvt Apr 2015 #12

I lived in Kansas from 1990 to 2008, SheilaT Apr 2015 #18

What will happen Proud Liberal Dem Apr 2015 #10

they aren't really blaming those groups hfojvt Apr 2015 #13

Amplifying the Indignity of Joblessness Welfare recipients going on cruise ships is fantasy; telling EV_Ares Apr 2015 #14

it's not ME saying that "they aren't spending money on cruises" hfojvt Apr 2015 #19

As I said you think like Brownback. Enough said. EV_Ares Apr 2015 #20

Republicans always screw up UCmeNdc Apr 2015 #15

Brownback is a card-carrying member of THE FAMILY. THE FAMILY seeks to replace democracy w/theocracy blkmusclmachine Apr 2015 #16

URL: https://thatsmyphilosophy.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/7-mountains.jpg blkmusclmachine Apr 2015 #17