Kansans Trust Brownback’s Budget Fix After He Stripped It Bare

Kansas voters looked at the numbers and didn’t blink.

Governor Sam Brownback’s tax-cut crusade converted a $700 million surplus into a $260 million projected deficit. It led detractors within his own party to predict that his vow to accelerate the plan spells disaster for Kansas schools and quality of life. Give him another term, the incumbent said, and he would usher in prosperity through austerity.