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<p>I love a good fairy tale. Don&#8217;t you?</p><p>Well Toto, even Kansas isn&#8217;t in Kansas any more. Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, who practiced the trickle-down principal in Kansas&#8217; stupendous downfall got his comeuppance. After multiple financial credit downgrades, huge shortfalls for everything from revenue to school funding, the state legislature handed him a stinging rebuke by overriding his veto of a $1.2 billion tax increase.</p><p>He still believes in the voodoo of the trickle. He passed out large tax cuts to anyone who could prove they were wealthy, assuming they would spend those savings on jobs and increased business. And just as predictable as the turning of the earth, they disappointed him.</p><p>But he&#8217;s still a believer just like President Donald Trump. All you have to do is give the wealthy more tax savings and, presto, they&#8217;ll start shelling out wage increases and jobs to everyone who actually needs a helping hand.</p><p>Even House Speaker Paul Ryan, a former confidant of Brownback&#8217;s still believes in the trickle. It tickles me to think that these yahoos actually think that any thinking person could actually buy into such drivel, well except the recipients of the tax breaks to start with. It&#8217;s the worst sort of pyramid scheme because its a reverse Robin Hood rip off.</p><p>Anyway Brownback is on his way to the scrapheap of history. Can you imagine thinking that greedy rich people would be willing to share in any tax relief they get with commoners? They&#8217;d sooner cut their big toe off &#8230; at the neck.</p><p><strong>Ed Cole</strong></p><p>Clarks Summit</p><style>
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