Exemptions Fuel Kansas Budget Debate Over Farm Tax Relief
Editorial notes a nearly billion dollar state deficit over two years and argues farmers face pressure to pay more as legislators weigh revenue hikes or spending cuts. It highlights the LLC exemption costing about 250 million yearly, farm tax breaks, and plans to fund water resources, urging broader farmer contributions amid declining farm numbers.
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Travel ban a national embarrassment and outcry
Leonard Pitts Jr. argues the travel ban on seven Muslim-majority nations reflects national embarrassment and fear mongering. He cites stories of detainees including Nisrin Omer, Sarvin Haghighi, and Hamid Khalid Darwish, notes mass protests, and urges a muscular defense of reason and decency as progressives mobilize.
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Gorsuch and Scalia on the Constitution and natural rights
George Will argues that Justice Gorsuch may blend Scalia's originalism with a broader view that honors natural rights rooted in the Declaration. He contrasts Lincoln's framing of rights with the Constitution and calls for an engaged judiciary to protect minority rights against majority power, as the Ninth Amendment implies.
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