Author: Bob Weeks
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Kansas can improve its budget process
Kansas should improve its budgeting process.
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Eliminate mortgage interest deduction
The home mortgage interest deduction doesn’t accomplish much, and it should be eliminated.
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Tax increment financing district (TIF) resources
Resources on tax increment financing districts, or TIF.
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Flight options from Wichita decline, compared to nation
A program designed to bring low air fares to Wichita appears to meet that goal, but the unintended and inevitable consequences of the program are not being recognized.
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In Wichita, confusion over air traffic statistics
The Kansas Affordable Airfares program is promoted by Wichita and Sedgwick County government despite problems with the data and statistics used to evaluate the program.
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Ignore this Kansas school spending, please
The response to a survey regarding Kansas school spending is useful for two reasons: It lets us gauge the level of knowledge of the public, and it also tells us the extent to which school spending advocates will go to justify and excuse spending.
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Mixed message on Southwest subsidies
Now that Southwest Airlines has announced that it will offer service in Wichita, the question is this: Will Southwest tap the subsidy?
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Wichita should reject Bowllagio TIF district
Wichita should reject the formation of a harmful tax increment financing (TIF) district.
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Refuting the attacks on Koch
What do big government politicians mean when they say, “Koch?”
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Wichita licenses the striping of parking lots
Next week the Wichita City Council will consider licensing and regulating the painting of stripes in parking lots. How, may I ask, has civilization advanced without the benefit of such regulation?
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Nation can no longer afford wind tax credit
The nation should end expensive tax credit spending programs that distort markets.
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I, Pencil: The Movie
Now in movie form, the story of the humble pencil illustrates the wonder and power of “the spontaneous configuration of creative human energies.”