Hmm ... on the face of it, despite Mr. Robinson's sneering at Kansas, it seems that the state is functioning much better than deep-blue Oregon.  The Kansas deficit is 1.0 billion, but our is 1.6?!

So, which system is worse?  (You tell me ...)

The other odd thing - what does the fiscal and financial chaos in Illinois and Puerto Rico "prove" about top-heavy bureaucracies in high-tax, business-unfriendly, Democratic jurisdictions?  My understanding is that Illinois is hemorrhaging population greater than any other state in the Union the last three years running - apparently, people voting with their feet think that they would be better off in Kansas!  ;-)