Governor Brownback presented his $14.1 billion state budget proposal to the Legislature on January 12th. After three years of budget cuts to education, the elderly, and the disabled I had hoped we would see some restoration of the funding needed to fairly meet the need. Instead, the Governor has chosen not to help make up for the 8 rounds of cuts to our schools, nor has he increased spending on the disabled or for our frail and elderly, and he cuts $19 million to early childhood education. He has however, proposed and 18% decrease in taxes for the highest earning Kansans and a 5000% increase in taxes for our lowest earning families.
As you know, this is only the opening round of a long bout of budget debates and negotiations. We have a long road to go before anything is finalized, but the Governors budget is the standard from which both the House and Senate begin their deliberation.
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