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Sam Brownback's Impact On The Kansas Education System

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“Our new pro-growth tax policy will be like a shot of adrenaline into the heart of the Kansas economy” is how Governor Sam Brownback introduced his plan to help the Kansas economy get better (Rosenberg, 2015). Brownback’s plan was to cut taxes to that the state would somehow make money off of those cuts. Politicians are the driving force that creates change both good and bad in our nation. Kansas Governor, Sam Brownback has impacted the state in many ways. Brownback has created his own tax cut policy that is ruining our education system, putting small towns in debt and lowering the employment opportunities. Even the Republican Party has pulled their support for him. Governor Sam Brownback’s Tax Cut Experiment has disrupted and destroyed many …show more content…

Duara stated that Brownback “took $45 million dollars in public education funding “(2016).The problem with cutting the public education school fund this much is that it takes away the chance to give proper education. Teachers are the building blocks to society. Without them we would be going nowhere. The education system needs to have a sufficient budget to create a good learning atmosphere. Research done by Celia Llopis-Jepsen has said that “Many eliminated jobs, cut classroom budgets for teachers to buy supplies and discontinued all or almost all of their field trips, unless paid for by parent-teacher organizations. Some asked parents to supply office paper and cleaning supplies for the schools and their offices” (2015). Teachers should not have to spend their own money or ask parents to buy the proper supplies for their classrooms. Our schools should be able to take field trips to enrich their learning because it shows them how the real world works. The salaries of teachers have gone down but they should be making more because it is such an important profession. Kansas is suffering from a major teacher shortage. Another point Llopis-Jepsen made was that “Topeka shed scores of veteran teachers, offering them early retirement, Wichita closed an alternative school and dropped the number of police officers in its schools, Santa Fe Trail restructured its buildings, dropping its community …show more content…

Since he has been in office, Kansas now has the second highest sales tax in the United States (Duara, 2016). Originally, the experiment was supposed “to let Kansans keep $4.5 million dollars of their own money”,but it did not turn out that way (Williams et al, 2017). Looking at the poorest areas in Kansas, 30% of the population has food stamps because their ways of earning their money has diminished. Pittsburg, Kansas has around 20,000 people who live there and even though it is a college town, stores are still having to close because they can no longer support themselves (Duara, 2016). Southeast Kansas is where they have run into the most impoverished cities and problems. Families have been struggling to put food on their tables and support their children. The quality of life has severely decreased across the state. These communities are struggling so much because the tax cuts increased tobacco, fuel and other items you use in day-to-day

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Unfortunately, the tax breaks afforded on corporate taxes on Limited Liability Companies is much larger than the reduction of government spending, which puts the state in a budget deficit. Moreover, Governor Brownback’s conservatism has brought about a system of selecting supreme-court justices that will not allow for a moderate court panel as well as leaving the school system unfunded. These changes have caused former Kansas Governors to stand together in an attempt to curb Governor Brownback’s

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5.5 billion dollars is lost every year in potential revenue for the state by not having sales tax on food. (Dovarganes, See California… article, 2015) The employer will have an income tax break if contributes to health plan, social security benefits, mortgage interest, and prescription medicines. (Dovarganes, See California… article, 2015)Since Proposition 13 passed, homeowners have the burden of property tax since commercial real estate changes less than residential. (Semuels, California's business… article, 2010)Unlike other states business have a higher tax rate but California assures business will have the same tax rate known as the business tax loophole.

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There have been many federal tax cuts; however, they will not be enough to offset the high state taxes or even to lead to long term growth. As many cuts have been made at the federal level, the government decided to cap the state and local tax deduction at $10,000, allowing them to bring in more revenue. However, this did not take into account that many states have very high taxes so, by capping the deduction, many people are actually paying more (Vasel). Those who live in high tax states could pay more than before as their tax deduction now has a limit. While this only occurs in some states, it shows the growing issue of state tax policies.

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While Kansan’s generally perceive Kansas’ current economic and social state dramatically worse than outsider’s, the fact that distant state’s are even talking about it shows that there are obviously problems and controversy to overcome. Currently, Kansas is in an experimental stage, according to Chris Suellentrop of the New York Times who says “it is one of the boldest and most ambitious agendas undertaken by any politician in America” (Suellentrop). Brownback’s ultimate plan is to eliminate income taxes, but that plan does not come without any costs. Citizens are suffering through the downsides of his actions and it has been blatantly stated that “people are leaving Kansas” (Suellentrop). This is not good for Kansas business, as businesses and people move away, Brownback’s plan will only continue to dwindle.

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Governor Sam Brownback is a republican Governor that was first apart of the house of representatives, then senator from 1996 until 2011 where he was then elected the Governor of Kansas. In 2010-2011 Brownback was elected for his platform of promising Kansans to cut income taxes which in turn would create a well spring of jobs and economic growth. With this plan he tried to prove a small government or “trickle down economics” would work. Now with this there comes the question whether or not Governor Brownback is good or bad for the people and the state of Kansas. Governor Brownback should not remain the governor of Kansas because of his involvement of the economic downturn of Kansas, the considerably large amount of negative effects that have been put on the public school systems of Kansas, and the taxes and employment problems that affect the people of Kansas.

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