Sam Brownback believes in the GOP bible almost as much as the real one, and if it’s clear about anything, it is that regressive tax cuts, spending cuts, and deregulation lead to explosions of economic growth. It’s in the book of St. Ronald, Chapter 1, Verse 1.
In the real world, faith tends to yield to experience. As had always happened in the past, there was no upsurge in growth–just a yawning deficit. Brownback and his allies tried to plug this with more cuts to essential services, which, according to the likes of him, was just fine and dandy. After all, the public schools are just “government schools” pushing secularist propaganda, and truly productive members of society don’t need to use the roads–they have private planes and phones.
Even the Republicans in Kansas have had enough. It would appear that the apostates are now in charge. Is anyone in Washington listening? Don’t bet the farm on it.