re: #19 Charles Johnson

Republicans are going to deny, deny, deny right up until the point where some horrible disaster makes it impossible for them to deny it any longer.

Then they’ll blame Democrats for it.

It’s hard for to express my utter disgust with what the GOP has become. Reactionary doesn’t even begin to describe this.

This.

Next door in Kansas, the state legislature passed a *huge* series of tax cuts with the wealthy being the prime beneficiaries.

Now, revenues have fallen far below projections — Kansas had the second largest revenue decline for 2014, second to only Alaska.

The news turned worse when April tax collections fell $93 million short of estimates, followed by a slight downgrade in the state’s credit rating. Overall, state revenues are down $480 million for the first three quarters of the current fiscal year. The state’s budget is about $15 billion.

It should be noted that Republicans dominate the Kansas Legislature. Dominate. There are 32 Republican state senators and only 8 Democrats; in the House it’s 92 Republicans and 33 Democrats.

The governor of Kansas, Sam Brownback, is also a Republican.

Their reason for the state’s problems?

The Brownback administration blamed President Barack Obama’s tax policies when the state came up $93 million short of projection in April.

Blame Obama. Broken fucking record.

Kansas City Star: Kansas tax revenues fall while other states see rise