“History also shows that many media stories in 2012 carried blow-by-blow descriptions of the bills and their downsides.

“In May 2012, the Kansas PTA released a summation of the tax cut bill that was based on all kinds of good information available at the time. One of its points: ‘The bill is expected to reduce state general fund receipts by about $800 million a year, with a six-year total cut of $4.5 billion.’

“Why the sudden concern by GOP lawmakers about their 2012 votes?

“It’s election time, folks, and the politicians who want to be re-elected in 2016 have to say something about the damage being inflicted on state services for 3 million Kansans.”

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