'We are a cautionary tale': Kansas feels the pain of massive Trump-style tax cuts

In 2012, Kansas did what Donald Trump wants to do: it introduced huge tax cuts to try to boost growth. Today, the state is out of money - and residents are angry

Kansas is broke - but you wouldn't guess it looking at its shining state capitol in Topeka. The imposing limestone monument, crowned by a shiny copper dome and limned with John Steuart Curry's luminous murals, has just undergone a $325m facelift. What's happening inside the state house is a lot less pretty, and may well foreshadow the far uglier battle looming over the future of taxation in the United States.

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