(Syndicated to Kansas newspapers June 17, 2013)
Plaid.
You can instantly tell a certain something about a guy who wears plaid pants. If he’s wearing a plaid sport coat that doesn’t match the pants, you can tell even more about that guy.
Well, sartorial tell-signs aside, you can also tell something about a Kansan who talks about the tax bill that Gov. Sam Brownback signed into law last week.
Is it a tax cut or is it a tax increase?
It’s a little of both, depending on your viewpoint about what’s happened in the past two years in the Legislature.