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I think you have drunk too much of the anti-republican and anti corporate koolaide. They are not the entirety of the problem and it's weird that you think they

I think you have drunk too much of the anti-republican and anti corporate koolaide. They are not the entirety of the problem and it's weird that you think they are. A counter example is Texas: majority Republican and a very strong and growing economy.

curtis 8y ago
It's entirely possible that there's an area the size of Kansas inside Texas that has experienced negative growth in the last few years.
sykh 8y ago
To be specific it's Brownback and people who think like he does when it comes to economics. Such people are overwhelmingly Republican. I don't know the percentage of people who are Republican who think similarly though so I can't say that a majority of Republicans hold similar views.
stevenwoo 8y ago
Texas is more diversified from Kansas' farm economy, in addition to having a huge agriculture base, Texas is probably #1 or #2 in energy production/consumption in the USA. As long as oil is not in a slump, Texas can coast while other places without the natural energy resources would suffer. A large number of decent middle class lifestyles can be supported with or without a college degree with work around the oil fields. Even with this natural advantage, there was a staggering amount of underfunding for public schools statewide in Texas over the decade that the GOP has been in power in Texas that will mimic what happened in Kansas. The legislature continuously moves more and more of the onus of public funding to local property taxes and decrease the amount of funding from the state. https://www.texastribune.org/2018/03/28/texas-am-lori-taylor-public-education-funding/ https://www.texastribune.org/2018/03/28/texas-am-lori-taylor...