Kansas Missouri weigh income tax elimination debate
Conserv atives push for ending state income taxes in Kansas and Missouri aided by Brownback and Sinquefield. Proponents argue lower taxes spur growth, while critics warn higher prices and deeper cuts to education and services. ALEC influence and ballot petitions fuel a pivotal 2012 debate with lawmakers urged to balance needs and growth.
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Sam Brownback
Kansas
Missouri
Rex Sinquefield
American Legislative Exchange Council
Kansas City Star
ALEC
Sinquefield
St. Louis
Brownback
Community reactions link tragedy to action in local posts
Online readers respond to a Syracuse woman’s teen death prevention efforts with praise. Consuelo Sandoval discusses United Way visibility and office space expansion plans for Finney County Economic Development Corp and United Way access to new space.
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Michelle
Corbin
Gctelegram.com
Syracuse
United Way
Consuelo Sandoval
Finney County United Way
Finney County Economic Development Corp
Telegram letters policy guidance for readers
The Telegram outlines letters to the editor requirements including a signed name, complete address and phone number, verification before publication, and editing for libel and length. Letters must be 500 words or less, general in nature, with no form letters poems consumer complaints or business testimonials. Write to Attn Editor at 310 N Seventh St Garden City KS 67846 or editor gctelegram online at www gctelegram com.
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L Evers
N. Seventh St
Garden City
Obama the Compromiser and the politics of compromise
Rich Lowry argues that Barack Obama shifted from principled opposition to compromise to a strategy of bipartisanship as a political tool. The piece contrasts the 2008 stance against triangulation with the 2011 pivot toward working with Republicans, assessing credibility, power, and public reaction.
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Barack Obama
Congress
Obama
Iowa
Bill Clinton
Midwest
Eric Cantor
White House
Eric
Nancy Pelosi
John Boehner
Washington
David Axelrod
Oval Office
Butter cow busts and straw polls spark political jabs
OtherWords columnist Donald Kaul ridicules the Ames Straw Poll for fakery and lack of predictive value. He notes Michele Bachmann and Ron Paul as unlikely frontrunners, criticizes media hype, and mocks Obama’s strategy while comparing the campaign to a butter cow illusion.
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Chicago
Michele Bachmann
Ron Paul
Paul
Perry Faces Political Minefield In 2012 Run
Joe Gandelman examines Rick Perry as a potential 2012 presidential candidate, detailing supporters who compare him to Reagan and critics who see a dangerous conservative or a Frankenstein-like creation. The piece notes Perry’s stumbles on climate and economics, the influence of figures like Karl Rove, and questions about his electability amid GOP divisions.
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Exas
Rick Perry
Perry
Ronald Reagan
SNL
Josh Brolin
George Bush
Oliver Stone
Oval Office
Dennis Kucinich
Huffington Post
Howard Fineman
Karl Rove
Rove
Dr Frankenstein
Senate
White House
Wayne Newton
Federal Reserve
Ben Bernanke
George H. W. Bush Administration
Treasury
Bruce Bartlett
Nixon- Ford
Ben Stein
Texas
Ron Paul
MSNBC
Bernanke
New Hampshire
GOP
Alex Castellanos
Romney
Obama
Supreme Court
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Gctelegram
Rich Lowry
Nationalreview.com
Dude
Rich King
Synaicak
Tim Pawlenty
Minnesota
Ames
Iowa State
Donald Kaul Rwords
Bachmann
New York Times
OtherWords
Donald Kaul
Ann Arbor, Mich
Otherwords.org
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Joe Gandelman
The
Moderate Voice
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Themoderatevoice
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