Reid Wilson — Trump to nominate Brownback for religious ambassador post

The White House said late Wednesday President Trump will nominate Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback (R) to serve as an ambassador at large for international religious freedom. Brownback, a devout Catholic, would be the fifth person to run the State Department's Office of International Religious Freedom -- an office first created by legislation Brownback sponsored when he was a member of the Senate back in 1998....

I guess he can't cause too much damage in this role.

The Hill
Trump to nominate Brownback for religious ambassador post
Reid Wilson

Jared Bernstein — One more point about the KS legislature’s KO (Kansas Override) of supply-side tax cut

Not to be a downer, but I’ve have been pessimistic that DC R’s will learn from KS R’s. That’s partly because facts clearly can’t kill trickle-down mythology. The party’s donors want their tax cuts, and they’ll continue to sell snake oil to get them, facts and KS be damned.

But there’s another dynamic in play here which I haven’t seen mentioned: states have to balance their budgets while the federal government does not. So, if they’re willing to accept larger budget deficits, DC R’s can pass tax cuts and not worry about the consequences.

But R’s wouldn’t go that route because they disdain deficits and debt, right?

On the Economy
One more point about the KS legislature’s KO (Kansas Override) of supply-side tax cuts
Jared Bernstein | Senior Fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and former Chief Economist and Economic Adviser to Vice President Joe Biden in the Obama Administration

Kenneth Thomas — Kansas Republicans abandon Brownback; raise taxes over his veto

Do I have to tell you that Laffer and Moore are the main advisers behind Trump’s tax plan, too?

Angry Bear
Kansas Republicans abandon Brownback; raise taxes over his veto
Kenneth Thomas | Professor of Political Science at the University of Missouri-St. Louis

Jared Bernstein — KS legislature for the win!

Supply-side economics and the Laffer curve fail in the State of Kansas.

The only thing you can be sure of re tax cuts is the first order effect: revenue losses. Beyond that, linkages between tax changes and growth are 98.8% phony rhetoric, 1.2% ambiguous economics. The KS legislature learned that the hard way, but at least they learned it.

On the Economy
KS legislature for the win!
Jared Bernstein | Senior Fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and former Chief Economist and Economic Adviser to Vice President Joe Biden in the Obama Administration

Karoli Kuns — Reaganomics Inventor Excuses Kansas Failure, Says Tax Cuts Were 'Too Small'

Art Laffer doubles down on Kansas.

Crooks and Liars
Reaganomics Inventor Excuses Kansas Failure, Says Tax Cuts Were 'Too Small'
Karoli Kuns

Matias Vernengo — What's the matter with Kansas?

Supply-side economics fail.

Naked Keynesianism
What's the matter with Kansas?
Matias Vernengo | Associate Professor of Economics, Bucknell University

Joe Conason — Here's What Happened to One State After its Republican Governor Implemented an Extreme Tax Cutting "Experiment"

Déjà vu. Soon to be known as Laffer's Folly.

AlterNet 

Here's What Happened to One State After its Republican Governor Implemented an Extreme Tax Cutting "Experiment"
Joe Conason