Sam Brownback Pros And Cons

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Sam Brownback has made a lasting impression on Kansas, however not necessarily for the right reasons. He thinks he is going at this the right way, and making the right decisions but he is actually ruining our state. We need to get somebody else in office who is going to think about all Kansans, not just the rich. Although, Sam Brownback had to have done something right to get elected as our governor in the first place, we do not want to re-elect him because he is leading the “March to Zero” experiment on Kansas, eliminating spending money on the poor and jobs , as well as cutting millions of dollars of the state 's spending on education. Sam Brownback has come up the the experiment “March to Zero”, to gradually get rid of income taxes …show more content…
Sam Brownback leading the “March to Zero”, he is also trying to change Kansas by eliminating spending money on the poor, and eliminating jobs. He thinks he is helping our state, trying to protect us, however he is actually creating many issues. “The governor’s proposed budget leaves intact the total income tax exemption for owners of about 200,000 businesses who declare their profits on their personal tax forms. That policy, while benefiting some of the state’s wealthiest citizens, is draining revenues without showing evidence of strong job growth.” (Wagner 1). Sam Brownback is a strong conservative governor, he is all for the rich staying rich, with no regards to those who are keeping them wealthy. In fact, he is doing the opposite by cutting jobs that the lower class need, and by doing that, the business owners make more money because they are paying less people. “Most Kansans have ended up paying more in taxes or breaking even. And the less you earn, the larger the percentage of your income goes to taxes. To add salt to the wound, a hike in regressive sales taxes has disproportionately affected the poorest Kansans.” (Goudie 1). Brownback has made it so, that if you earn more money, you pay less in income taxes. Therefore, those who originally paid less in income taxes due to their income each year, they now are paying more to make up for all the money that the wealthy persons are not paying. Eventually, the lower class of Kansas will not have the money …show more content…
Sam Brownback because of his experiment “March to Zero” on Kansas, cutting jobs from the poor to make the rich wealthier, and all the education cuts he is making. Although Kansas is a majority, conservative state, Brownback is leading us down the wrong path because he is way to right winged for us. Every politician has their own ideas, and plans to help make their state, city, or country better, however Sam Brownback is pushing to hard for his ideas to become a reality. It is going to impact Kansas in a bad way, and does not make any sense. Brownback is cutting the jobs for the poor, making the top 1% of Kansans more wealthy than they already are, which is making the poor even lower on the economic totem pole. Our education budget is already low, and continues to be cut each year, and why would he think it is okay to experiment on Kansas. He just seems like a very hard-headed, dominant, individual. We should not re-elect Sam Brownback to be our

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