was with a bit of irony that, after the presidential election of 2016, conservative politicians touted the “Kansas model” of massive tax and spending cuts as a preview of Trump’s economic plans for the nation. It seemed more likely that Kansas warned the nation, ominously, of what was to come. Kansas, the land of Oz, had become a national parable warning of the downside of American austerity economics. Bloomberg News summarized: “The Kansas supply-side experiment unravels… tax cuts were supposed to spur growth, boost revenue and create jobs. The results were the exact opposite.” Forbes
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