Kansas is what America will become

[edhopper]

If a Republican wins the Presidency in 2016.

[glasshouses]

1. Can you expalin what protection they had that other workers didn't

I read the article and every state employee is protected against any type of harassment
whether they are gay or not.

State agencies take harassment pretty serious when a claim is made.

[edhopper]

3. That is just one issue

Kansas is becoming a poor wasteland due to tax cut driven budget cuts.
It is the failed experiment of trickle down economics and Republican policies.

[glasshouses]

5. I'm glad I live in a blue state

nothing against you or other democrats who happen to live in Kansas.

[edhopper]

7. I live

In NY. But I can see what is happening in Kansas.
If a Republican gets in, this will happen on a Federal level, and no State, red or blue will be safe from the results.

[randome]

2. Kansas (and Brownback) are not sustainable.

The Conservative social experiment will play out and be judged a failure before it can spread to the rest of the country.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]"If you're bored then you're boring." -Harvey Danger[/center][/font][hr]

[edhopper]

4. One would hope

But it was obviously failed and yet Brownback was reelected.
If a Republican wins in 2016, these are the exact policies he will pursue.
And with a GOP Congress, enact.

[randome]

6. The budget hole can't be ignored any longer, though.

I think they hoped it would go away by now but it hasn't and now they're scrambling to raise taxes somehow. Without, you know, really raising taxes.

Other states are going to notice and think, "We don't want to be like Kansas." At least that's how I hope it plays out.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]You have to play the game to find out why you're playing the game. -Existenz[/center][/font][hr]

[CK_John]

8. Unless there is a complete collapse and the state is declared bankrupt the GOP will still be in

office.

[edhopper]

11. I am talking about

The whole country after 2016.

[Marr]

9. Not if the Democrats hold a close minority in one house of Congress.

I've been repeatedly assured that's enough to stymie a President.

[edhopper]

10. I take it

You are being sarcastic, yes?

[Marr]

12. Just pointing out that the supposed power of the presidency seems to wax and wane, according

to the political season.

If it's election time, we're told the Presidency is a nearly unstoppable political force; by far the most important and powerful figure in government. If we win, we're told the President is basically a piece of a furniture, who only signs completed bills, and that he 'has to' push corporate legislation because the other party (even when they control absolutely nothing) is just so damned powerful.

[edhopper]

13. My premise

Is that the GOP retains control of both Houses, which seems likely. Then the President would be unfettered in enacting these damaging policies.