Opinion Line (June 21)

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump: The circus is in town and the clowns have escaped.

Put Ronald Reagan’s image on the $10 bill.

Goodbye, Alexander Hamilton. The Obama government considers you insignificant to our history. The irony is that it is Obama himself who is insignificant to this country and its history.

We have more than three years until Gov. Sam Brownback is out of office. Just imagine how many things he can “fix” between now and then.

Brownback and his cabal have wrecked the Kansas economy, made the wealthy wealthier while shifting the cost of government to those least able to afford it, hammered the schools and threatened the courts. And they call Obama a tyrant. I guess irony, like governing, is something the GOP can’t grasp.

Brownback has become Koch’s sacrificial lamb.

The conservative Republicans who control our Legislature are like a pride of lions. The Democrats and moderate Republicans are like a small herd of lambs. Rep. Mark Hutton’s claims (June 18 Opinion) are like saying the lions could not get out to hunt because they were being bullied by the lambs.

Republican governor, Republican House, Republican Senate equals largest tax increase in Kansas history. I told you so.

When I need more money, I go to my boss and ask for a raise, because he’s the one with the cash. I don’t raid the steno pool.

The sales tax was never reduced, as promised, to 5.7 percent in 2013. It’s now increasing from 6.15 to 6.5 percent. What are the odds lawmakers will decrease the food sales tax next session, as promised? The Legislature counts on people having short memories.

Why not give a token amount of scholarships to private schools? Those parents pay taxes for public schools without making the public schools incur any costs for their kids. Keeping private schools helps school budgets.

So a federal probe found no basis for charges in Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer’s loans to the Brownback campaign. Desperate people resort to foolish tactics. When will the desperate Democrats ever grow up?

Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has said Texas can reject a license plate design featuring a Confederate battle flag, Kansas needs to stop issuing the “In God We Trust” plates. It is the state promoting religion, which is unconstitutional.

Why is it that some people think following Jesus’ teachings means some type of government involvement, rather than one’s own money and personal efforts?

WSU says only 8 percent of students live on campus. That means 92 percent of the 15,000 students commute to campus and need places to park. Let’s get real and build a parking garage. No one has enough time in the day to park miles away and take a shuttle.

Retirement: You get so old they pay you not to come to work.

This story was originally published June 20, 2015 at 7:03 PM with the headline "Opinion Line (June 21)."