Washington Post: Kansas’s Midterm Election Are a Referendum on Supply-Side Economics
media mentionBy Max Ehrenfraud
Brownback has signed major tax breaks into law, reduced state spending and arguably made it harder for people in poverty to receive welfare. He called his initiatives “a real live experiment” in red-state governance, a choice of words he now says he regrets. “I don’t consider this an experiment,” he told The Post recently. “This is a long-term strategy to make us more competitive.” For now, anyway, the economic growth he promised hasn’t materialized, and the state’s budget shortfall is even larger than expected. Voters are upset. Eliminating taxes doesn’t guarantee victory at the polls — not even in a red state like Kansas.