Dave Helling: It’s Time to Break Lawmakers’ ‘Cycle of Dependency’
I’ll be selecting the “anyone but Brownback” column for all future elections, and so should everyone else in Kansas.
Lawmakers in Kansas and Missouri this month escalated their war on poverty, passing legislation to limit access to state services for residents who are struggling to make ends meet.
Gov. Sam Brownback signed a bill that further limits lifetime welfare benefits in Kansas and redefines what recipients can buy. Welfare programs, he said, perpetuate “cycles of dependency.”
a prominent Republican tells me Brownback is thinking about running again for the U.S. Senate in 2020, when Sen. Pat Roberts — also no slouch in the dependency department — is expected to step aside.Wait. You could make the case that if anyone in Kansas is caught in a cycle of dependency, it’s Sam Brownback. He’s earned his living from taxpayers almost all his life. He’s worked in state government, the U.S. House and U.S. Senate and now as governor, where he earns around $100,000 a year.
That’s quite a resume for someone who thinks government is the enemy.
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