Playing the blame game

by Jerry Marsh 

 

Kansas revenue estimates are down again. It is time to play the blame game, Kansas style.

 

Kansas has earned a national reputation for fiscal ineptitude. Kansans squabble over who is to blame. Gov. Brownback blames President Obama, the U.S. economy, and the Kansas economy whichever is most convenient at a given point in time. The legislators blame the governor, even though the policy could not have passed without legislative support. Democrats blame the Republicans, even though Democratic legislators sat on their hands when they had a chance to cooperate with moderate Republicans on a major fiscal repair last year.