Wichita Public School District’s Taxation Without Information
Posted on June 19, 2008 - Filed Under Education, Kansas, Taxes, Wichita | Leave a Comment
Taxation without information. I wish I could take credit for inventing this phrase that I recently heard someone use. It captures very well the key characteristic of USD 259, the Wichita public school district, and its campaign for the proposed 2008 bond issue.
The full article is here: http://wichitaliberty.org/node/711
How to Pay for Special Tax Treatment in Wichita
Posted on April 15, 2008 - Filed Under Kansas, Taxes, Wichita | Leave a Comment
Remarks delivered to the Wichita City Council, April 15, 2008.
Mr. Mayor, members of the city council, I ask that you not vote to approve this request for a tax abatement, and that you cease this practice altogether. Alternatively, I ask that you adopt a practice that will help realize the costs of these actions.
It is [...]
Tax Day is Here. Take No Cheer.
Posted on April 15, 2008 - Filed Under Taxes | 1 Comment
As the annual tax deadline is here, we should take a moment to examine our level of awareness of the taxes we pay.
Many families don’t pay any federal income tax. According to a study by the Tax Foundation (link: http://www.taxfoundation.org/ff/zerotaxfilers.html) 58 million households, representing some 122 million people, or 44 percent of the U.S. population, [...]
Wichita School Board Action is Very Expensive
Posted on April 13, 2008 - Filed Under Education, Kansas, Liberty, Taxes, Wichita | Leave a Comment
In a column in the April 6, 2008 Wichita Eagle, columnist Mark McCormick writes about the proposed $350 million bond issue for USD 259, the Wichita public school district, and states: “For the average Wichitan, taxes will rise about $45 a year.” How he arrived at this figure is unknown. He may be referring to [...]
Read More..>>Private Salary Supplements to Public Officials is a Problem
Posted on March 16, 2008 - Filed Under Education, Kansas, Taxes | Leave a Comment
USD 259 (the Wichita public school district) outgoing superintendent Winston Brooks has been receiving a supplemental salary paid for by private interests. This salary supplement, supporters say, was necessary to prevent Mr. Brooks from leaving Wichita for somewhere else where he would be paid more.
One way to look at this salary supplement is that USD [...]
Wasteful Tax Cuts
Posted on March 4, 2008 - Filed Under Taxes | Leave a Comment
In the February 21, 2008 debate between Sen. Clinton and Sen. Obama, Clinton mentioned the “wasteful tax cuts of the Bush administration.”
That’s a phrase that only a leftist politician such as Sen. Clinton could utter with a straight face, and it tells us a lot about the beliefs of Sen. Clinton and her supporters. (I [...]
How Government Makes Us Unhappy
Posted on March 4, 2008 - Filed Under Taxes | 2 Comments
Arthur C. Brooks, associate professor at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Public Affairs, has a commentary in the December 8, 2005 Wall Street Journal titled “Money Buys Happiness.” Rich people, the author tells us, are much more likely to say they are happy. Although we are becoming richer as a whole, the percent of people [...]
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