This should be a law

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The actual numbers aren't that great, and even of that a good number are snowbirds, who return home every April. And if it wasn't for that "leftist ideology" the United States would look like Kansas, dwindling away in mediocrity

In 2012, Brownback and the Conservatives cut taxes in Kansas. Those tax cuts ended up erasing Kansas' Highway Fund, eliminating its budget surpluses, spiking tuition for the State University system, increasing out-of-pocket costs to those on Medicaid, and reducing its credit rating as a result.

Then a few years later, some Republicans joined Democrats to repeal those tax cuts. Once they did, Kansas' budget suddenly turned a surplus.

Tax Cuts are failed policy. Period.

 

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The ACT and SAT are not IQ tests. They are college admissions exams. Real IQ tests usually involve more than just paper/pencil/computer tests.

Have you seen this?

IQ tests are pretty much bunkum, racist nonsense.

 

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Elements of both. But they only have a .50 correlation with IQ tests. That means they only account for about 25% of the variance.

That is, if you accept the non-science behind a subjective measurement of intelligence.

IQ tests are bogus.

They're on the same level of those Buzzfeed tests to find out which combination of Game of Thrones and Avengers characters you are.

 

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Elements of both. But they only have a .50 correlation with IQ tests. That means they only account for about 25% of the variance.

Nonsensical. The same test is used for both. IQ is not part of the test, and college admissions another! The same test doesn't cause a variance! It is where the number comes from!

 

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We don't complain about that.

Pointing out that most Conservative states are welfare states doesn't mean we're complaining that they're welfare states.

Why do you think it is?

All States are 'welfare' States. All States receive government funding. California receives a LOT of government funding!

 

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All States are 'welfare' States. All States receive government funding. California receives a LOT of government funding!

But Conservative states get far more funding than they contribute.

That's what makes them welfare states.

 

[Into the Night]

In 2012, Brownback and the Conservatives cut taxes in Kansas. Those tax cuts ended up erasing Kansas' Highway Fund, eliminating its budget surpluses, spiking tuition for the State University system, increasing out-of-pocket costs to those on Medicaid, and reducing its credit rating as a result.

Then a few years later, some Republicans joined Democrats to repeal those tax cuts. Once they did, Kansas' budget suddenly turned a surplus.

Tax Cuts are failed policy. Period.

And Kansas is doing pretty good. The only place that's having 'problems' is the bloat in government! Good riddance!

 

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California receives a LOT of government funding!

But California pays far more in taxes to the Treasury than it gets back in government funding.

States like Alabama and Wyoming are the opposite.

 

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And Kansas is doing pretty good.

They are now, after repealing the tax cuts.

Back during the Tax Cuts, Kansas' GDP and Job growth were below the national average.

 

[Into the Night]

In 2012, Brownback and the Conservatives cut taxes in Kansas. Those tax cuts ended up erasing Kansas' Highway Fund, eliminating its budget surpluses, spiking tuition for the State University system, increasing out-of-pocket costs to those on Medicaid, and reducing its credit rating as a result.

Then a few years later, some Republicans joined Democrats to repeal those tax cuts. Once they did, Kansas' budget suddenly turned a surplus.

Tax Cuts are failed policy. Period.

Government budgets are not productive. Kansas government SHOULD have had budget problems. They are too big.

 

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The only place that's having 'problems' is the bloat in government! Good riddance!

What bloat?

 

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They are now, after repealing the tax cuts.

Back during the Tax Cuts, Kansas' GDP and Job growth were below the national average.

Hey...that was Obama years, wasn't it?

Sure isn't that way now!

 

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Government budgets are not productive. Kansas government SHOULD have had budget problems. They are too big.

Like the United States 18 years ago, Kansas only started having budget problems when they cut taxes.

 

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But Conservative states get far more funding than they contribute.

That's what makes them welfare states.

All States are 'welfare' States. All States receive government funding. California receives a LOT of government funding!

 

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Hey...that was Obama years, wasn't it?

Yeah, and Obama's national GDP growth without a tax cut was better than Kansas' GDP growth with a tax cut.

Tax cuts never deliver on any of the promises made of them.

 

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What bloat?

 

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Sure isn't that way now!

2018 GDP Growth: 2.85%
2015 GDP Growth: 2.88%

Check the scoreboard.

 

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Yeah, and Obama's national GDP growth without a tax cut was better than Kansas' GDP growth with a tax cut.

Tax cuts never deliver on any of the promises made of them.

False equivalence. You are going to actually try to compare a national GDB with the GDB of a single State???

 

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All States are 'welfare' States. All States receive government funding. California receives a LOT of government funding!

California pays more to the treasury in taxes that it receives in government funding.

So California is not a welfare state.

Mississsippi is. Kansas is. Utah is. Wyoming is. Kentucky is. North Carolina is. South Carolina is. Georgia is. Arkansas is. Louisiana is. Nebraska is. North Dakota is. South Dakota is. Montana is. Idaho is. Iowa is. Tennessee is. Florida is. West Virginia is. Alaska is. Oklahoma is. Arizona is.

All those states receive more federal funding than they contribute in revenues to the Treasury.

 

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False equivalence.

You have no authority to make that determination.