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[FONT="]In a [/FONT]fundraising letter[FONT="] calling out Republican Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback and the Kansas legislature’s “dangerous” and “destructive policies” that have led to a “serious fiscal crisis” in the state, a bipartisan group of four ex-governors of Kansas urged voters to hit the polls in the upcoming Kansas elections to push back against his policies.[/FONT][FONT="]Written on behalf of the political organization Save Kansas Coalition, the letter aims to educate voters on the state’s public policy issues and to end the “calculated destruction of our revenue stream and our educational, healthcare, and transportation systems.”[/FONT]
[FONT="]Some of the organization’s requests were a call for a balanced tax policy; quality educational opportunity; reasonable healthcare access; safe highways and improved public safety; job growth and fiscal responsibility; and judicial impartiality. The coalition is made up of Republicans, Democrats, and Independents. All four living elected governors of Kansas signed the letter, including Bill Graves, Mike Hayden, John Carlin and Kathleen Sebelius. Graves and Hayden are Republican. Carlin and Sebelius are Democrats.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Kansas’ state budget has struggled to stay out of deficit ever since Brownback passed a package of tax cuts for individuals and businesses in 2012 and 2013 meant to stimulate economic growth, spur entrepreneurship, and help the state’s budget. The tax cuts did not work. In fact, Kansas has fallen short of all those goals, “forcing legislators to slash spending on things like education and help for the poor. The state’s credit rating has been downgraded, and for all the trouble, its job growth has been absolutely anemic,” Slate reported.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Brownback has repeatedly pushed back on claims that his tax experiment failed, instead blaming the state’s financial issues on the lack of growth in agriculture, energy production, and aircraft manufacturing.
Read more @: Republican And Democratic Predecessors Unite Against Sam Brownback’s Policies
Well this is something you dont see everyday. All four living elected governors, both two Democrats and two Republicans coming together to fight against the far-right wing conservatives who have stood by Brownback to implement their "economic experiment" that is clearly failing. I wish them the best of luck and hopefully they can turn KS around to a more moderate governed state like it has been in the past. [/FONT]