A “Lost Decade”: Revisiting Kansas’ past, so we can redirect its future

  • February 1, 2013
  • Staff Report

Claims that Kansas’ failed tax-cut experiment was justified as a response to a “lost decade” for the state’s economy aren’t borne out by what actually happened at that time. If anything, there is strong evidence that Kansas’ economic situation is worsening since the tax cuts began to weaken the state’s ability to make public investments in schools and other drivers of job growth and widespread prosperity.