Kansas Progressive Economic Theory: Guv Brownback FAIL Confronts MAGA

Here's where the comparison falls apart . . .

Kansas has always had a struggling economy and a population of barely 2 million that continues to decline. Even worse, the best & brightest ALWAYS leave Kansas for more opportunity. Meanwhile, despite outward appearances . . . The American economy is a global juggernaut and despite so much angst and heartbreak . . . People all over the world still want into the U.S. in order to chase their fortunes. 

And so . . .

We like the hustle of this screed but the comparison falls apart with just a bit of scrutiny . . .

"A newly elected Republican chief executive, backed by a cadre of right-wing economists and think tanks, rides a populist wave to victory. Despite inheriting a relatively healthy economy, he unleashes a radical economic policy agenda and defunds government agencies, promising that his actions will usher in a new era of prosperity.

"Instead, the economy slows. Budgets collapse. Investors are spooked. Core services erode. Even allies defect. By the end, voters—many of whom once cheered the project—recoil, and a Democrat wins back power.

"That’s a version of the scenario Democrats are praying plays out in response to Donald Trump’s second-term agenda—and one Republicans are quietly fearing.

"But it is an equally accurate description of what’s happened in Kansas over the past decade and a half."

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Donald Trump Is Following the Sam Brownback Playbook | Washington Monthly

Sam Brownback's radical agenda undermined Kansas's prosperity, decimated vital government services, and put a Democrat in power.