No. of Recommendations: 2
Oh sure it is. Sam Brownback ring a bell?Sam Brownback....from Kansas? Not Oklahoma?
Culture populism trumped issues like better schools, infrastructure investment, and so on to the point where Kansas is now among the worst performing states in the country - but hooray, it has low tax rates if you’re a gabaillionaire, not many of whom want to spend a lot of time in Kansas since there’s no there there. The monies that could have made it a more productive and equitable state have only served to enrich the lucky few and cleave the state into have’s and don’t have’s.If we're going to talk about Kansas - is it? Like, among the worst performing states in the country? One of the worst performing states in the country? I mean, seems pretty middle of the road to me. Better than average poverty rate, middling on rankings like life expectancy and public schools, pretty good on per capita income (adjusted for cost of living), middling on state rankings, above average in educational attainment. Per capita income in Kansas since 1980 (the beginning of the Reagan Revolution) has risen pretty much at the exact same rate as the national average.
It seems like a kind of....well, middle-of-the road state by most metrics. Perhaps slightly better than average? Certainly not one of the worst performing states in the country
by a long shot.
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