Flat tax debate roils GOP with Forbes push
The flat tax idea gains momentum as Steve Forbes promotes a 17 percent rate and a single tax, while a Republican commission suggests a rate not to exceed 20 percent. Critics warn middle class tax hikes, loss of deductions, and risk to housing and nonprofits. Tax system debate grows louder as party weighs simplification against broader burdens.
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IRS
Steve Forbes
Texas
Phil Gramm
Forbes
Commission
Contact Details for Kansas Delegation and State Reps
A list provides contact information for U S Senators Bob Dole and Nancy Kassebaum, Representative Sam Brownback, and Kansas state officials. It includes office addresses in Washington D C and Topeka, telephone numbers, and room locations for Graves Feuerbomm Tanner Walker and others. The data appears to be an official directory style contact list.
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U.S
Bob Dole
Hart
Senate
Washington
D.C
Fox
Nancy Kassebaum
Russell Senate
Sam Brownback
Longworth House
Washington, D.C
S. Kansas Ave
Topeka
Guy
Bill Graves
State Capitol
Bill Feuerbomm
Statehouse
Ralph Tanner
Doug Walker
Willie Nelson concert queues for mom’s comfort
A first-in-line morning ticket purchase reveals mixed feelings about country music. The author recalls childhood car trips, Oldies nostalgia, and teen music, while noting Willie Nelson’s role in comforting a mother during cancer treatment and the personal chance to share a moment at the show.
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Willie Nelson
Willie
Kansas
Denver
Hootie
Doles and Owen Scandals Return in New Yorker Report
The New Yorker magazine revisits long simmering Kansas Republican campaign finance scandals linking shell companies to Laundering money and siphoning government contracts through Dole ally David Owen. Elizabeth Dole’s Overland Park office figures as a key hub. The piece, by Jane Mayer, suggests renewed scrutiny amid Whitewater-era controversy and Hillary Clinton links.
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Service
Kansas
Commet
the News
Harris News
Hillary Clinton
Whitewater
Doles
White House
Mayer
Owen
Mrs. Dole
LifeCare marks three-year aid to women in crisis
Franklin County group LifeCare Center for Women marks its third anniversary, reflecting on its evolution from a Crisis Pregnancy Center to a broader life management program. Since 1994 it offers pregnancy support, parenting and job skills classes, stress coping and money management, funded by local donations and community support.
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S. Main
Franklin County
Light House
Kansas City
Crisis Pregnancy Center
LifeCare Center For
Becky Lee
LifeCare
Moving toward the middle defines GOP and Clinton balance
AP Special Correspondent Walter R. Mears discusses how Republicans claim a centrist path while moderates fade, citing Senator Thompson in Knoxville and echoes of Eisenhower. The piece contrasts midline rhetoric with historic shifts, noting retirements shrinking moderates on both parties as debates center on who defines the middle.
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Walter R. Mears
Ashington
W. Tour
America
Goldwater
Lyndon Johnson
Senate
House
Senate Fresh
Knoxville
Fred Thompson
Tennessee
Kilster
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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John D. Montgomery
Hootie and the Blowfish
South Carolina
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New Yorker
Yorker Magazine
Jane. Mayer
Elizabeth ‘Dole
Dole
Ottawa University
Sen
al D'Amato
John Marshall
Harris News Service
LifeCare Center For Women
Congress
Ronald Reagan
Clinton
Bill Clinton
Joel Kotkin
The
Pacific Research Institute
the American Enterprise
Barry
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