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Although the focus in the upcoming elections is on the presidential candidates, it's worth keeping in mind that of at least equal importance is which party has the controlling hand on policy in Washington.
Because the country is becoming increasingly polarized, which party controls will lead in dramatically different directions. This has profound implications for the country's future.
The death of HB 2663 in Kansas, which aimed to create new Sales Tax and Revenue (STAR) Bonds and Tax Increment Financing (TIF) districts for financing new sports stadiums, has reignited critical debate about the role of public funding in private projects.
The bill also provided 100% financing for 30 years to attract the Kansas City Chiefs or Royals to new stadiums on the Kansas side of the KC Metro area. This follows after 58% of Jackson County voters wisely rejected a $2 billion subsidy for similar developments, highlighting a disconnection between rent seekers and the electorate’s preferences.
As the presidential election nears, the political establishment is doing its best to hide the increasingly obvious fact that Donald Trump is winning . . . by a lot.
There are three surveys that honestly reflect the reality that Trump is winning.
They are the Harvard Harris poll administered by my former colleague Mark Penn, The New York Times Sienna survey, and the Rasmussen Poll, which was accurate in 2020.
The writing was on the wall for weeks, so it wasn’t a surprise when Governor Kelly vetoed SB 37 on Thursday, the 2024 Legislature’s latest, and ultimately the last, tax reform bill to reach her desk. However, there will be a special session called in the near future to bring legislators back to sign off on a tax reform bill.
Her rhetoric has been the same as always: any opposing bills “[jeopardize] our state’s future fiscal stability” while her own proposals are conveniently the most secure. For instance, even though Governor Kelly’s plan differed from the earlier tax bill HB 2036 by $146.5 million over four years. The cost of $36.6 million is a meager 0.35% of the state’s $10.5 billion General budget average – it was radically different enough not to bankrupt the state and its $4.5 billion in savings.
This week was Pentecost Sunday. Since 2007, we have been privileged to submit weekly articles to this newspaper; following is one adapted from June 13, 2018.
We wrote a few years ago about appearing at the judgment seat of Christ, and about the fear of the Lord. But for those who know Christ, neither of these events is something to dread. Let’s look at examples of people in the Old Testament, as well as eleven men after Jesus came, who all staked their lives not on merit, but on faith alone.
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