Opinion Line (Aug. 10)

Conservative legislators left Topeka with the budget unbalanced, thinking Brownback would take the heat for making the hard choices and leave them in the clear. Voters saw through the ruse and threw the bums out.

Those who pay state income tax in Kansas should be able to vote. I think those who don’t pay state income tax forfeit the right.

So Donald Trump wants to do to America’s economy what Sam Brownback did to the economy and finances of Kansas.

That seems right – the least knowledgeable presidential candidate in decades chooses discredited Republican ideas for his economic plan.

Trickle-down economics bests trickle-up poverty anytime.

If you are a Republican, you must vote for Trump. Any wasted vote for a third-party candidate, however laudable, is a vote for corrupt Hillary Clinton. As wrecked as Obama has left the USA, Clinton would be a disaster.

“I may have short-circuited” is Hillary-speak for “I told another lie.”

An obnoxious, overhyped, self-centered New Yorker has called it quits. Unfortunately, it was Alex Rodriguez, not Donald Trump.

Mike Pompeo had a telephone town hall Monday night. It was pretty cool. While I am a Democrat and do not agree with him on much, I do appreciate him being so accessible.

So what will Tim Huelskamp do now that he won’t be living off the taxpayer dole?

Widening Amidon is the biggest waste of tax dollars.

Why not go to County Commission meetings with good ideas, and not view feedback as a lecture? I’ve never felt like the commissioners lectured anyone.

It is stupid, ignorant, reckless and irresponsible for parents not to get their young children the series of HPV vaccine shots.

This story was originally published August 10, 2016 at 12:03 AM with the headline "Opinion Line (Aug. 10)."