Brownback’s Kansas Budget Plan Mostly Pushes Shortfall Forward
After winning a lie based election victory our infamous Governor punts downfield again, after all, voters in Kansas are likely to forget before it matters again…
Gov. Sam Brownback’s plan for eliminating a projected $279 million shortfall in Kansas’ budget pushes most of the problem into the state’s next fiscal year, according to projections released Thursday by the Legislature’s nonpartisan research staff.
The Republican governor’s plan for preventing a deficit in the state’s main bank account relies heavily on diverting revenues from other funds to help finance general government programs. The tactic is a short-term solution that allows Brownback to lessen potential spending cuts for now. But absent a long-term solution, the gap between anticipated revenues and spending in the next fiscal year, beginning in July, will widen, according to the projections.
The budget gaps arose after aggressive personal income tax cuts enacted at Brownback’s urging in 2012 and 2013 to stimulate the state’s economy. The reductions are expected to save taxpayers $1.3 billion in the current and next fiscal years.
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