(Syndicated to Kansas newspapers April 15, 2013)
Will the utopia be in view?
Not sure whether it’s going to be one of those “the lion and the lamb shall lay down together” moments, but Friday, we’ll learn whether the massive tax cuts, and the political/economic concept behind them, appear to be moving Kansas toward an economic utopia.
There won’t be any lions or lambs present when the state’s Consensus Revenue Estimating Group meets and makes its prediction of whether those tax cuts—bigger than the governor wanted and without the “pay fors” that he proposed—are working, or starting to work.
The results of that estimate will shape the negotiations on the budget for the state fiscal year that starts July 1.