Kansas Job Losses (Kansas City, Republic: gated, statistics, moving)

[empires228]

Has anyone mentioned the Garmin expansion in Olathe yet? That's a Kansas business that wants to be in Kansas that is expanding in... gasp... Kansas. Wichita may be stagnant, but there have been positive developments that have kept people in the aviation industry in work as of late, Marriott has kept the Starwood Call Center open for now because the employees are already trained, Frito-Lay is still going strong in Topeka and is always advertising open jobs, Payless Corporate has surprisingly never fled for greener pastures either. Russell Stover is still out and doing well in Abeline, and they managed to recuperate most of the ALCO job losses though Shopko opening a store and Orcheln Farm & Home taking over the distribution center. Hallmark Cards has kept the production facility open in Lawrence while they consolidated many other corporate aspects. Menard's recently announced that that some products will now be manufactured in Lawrence so that company is going to be adding jobs. Manhattan has that bio defense facility that will eventually be built. Dodge City saw many manufacturing companies expand though the recession and they're still seeing growth, DFA-Chinese Government is building a powdered milk plant in Garden City. KDOT is building an intermodal transportation facility in Garden City, and another in Great Bend which should spur some development in both towns. It's also going to clean up a long blighted part of Garden City by taking out the abandoned ConAgra plant. Garden City also saw the return of BPI after the pink slime propaganda stopped, and didn't Rubbermaid expand production in the Cowley County plant a few years ago? So really it's not doom and gloom throughout the state. Well, unless you live in Southeast Kansas where they haven't caught a break in about a hundred years. Kansas just has a poor governor who doesn't know how to balance a budget and is either too suborn to admit that his tax plan failed, or is too dense to realize it. I know the majority of the state would support the voting machines being checked for tampering because people have been too vocal against this man to trust the results 100%.

[SyraBrian]

During December, Kansas added 2,000 jobs. For the entire year, Kansas added roughly 7,000 jobs.

[phxone]

In today's Wichita Eagle, they reported the findings of a study that indicates that Wichita will not recover all of the jobs they lost until 2021. 13 years just to get back to where the city was in 2008 is not good. The governor has put this state in a very precarious position with his far right politics and the ridiculous tax plan.

[CrownVic95]

Originally Posted by phxone

In today's Wichita Eagle, they reported the findings of a study that indicates that Wichita will not recover all of the jobs they lost until 2021. 13 years just to get back to where the city was in 2008 is not good. The governor has put this state in a very precarious position with his far right politics and the ridiculous tax plan.

Wichita is doing better than many other US cities. MOST have still not recovered from the great recession and many have little light at the end of the tunnel.

https://wallethub.com/edu/most-least...d-cities/5219/

Great Recession hangover: Most U.S. cities still haven't recovered - CNNMoney

We are living a national economic meltdown that has zero to do with the governor of Kansas.

[GraniteStater]

Actual concrete numbers showing percentage job growth change for the most recent 12 month period by state: (November 2014- November 2015). Kansas did ranked 43rd nationally during that time. Kansas is not an energy patch state like many of the other poor performing states and the governor certainly bares responsibility on not understanding the common failures of supply-side economics.
North Dakota: -2.9%
West Virginia: -1.4%
Wyoming: -0.7%
Louisiana: -0.6%
Oklahoma: -0.1%
Alaska: +0.1%
New Mexico: +0.4%
Kansas: +0.5%
Illinois: +0.6%
New Hampshire: +0.6%
Montana: +0.7%
Pennsylvania: +0.7%
Mississippi: +0.9%
Missouri: +1.0%
Wisconsin: +1.0%
Minnesota: +1.1%
(DC): +1.1%
Arkansas: +1.2%
Alabama: +1.3%
Vermont: +1.3%
Maine: +1.3%
Ohio: +1.4%
Virginia: +1.4%
Delaware: +1.4%
New Jersey: +1.4%
Texas:+1.5%
Nebraska: +1.5%
Connecticut: +1.6%
Michigan: +1.7%
Rhode Island: +1.7%
Tennessee: +1.7%
Colorado: +1.8%
Kentucky: +1.8%
Iowa: +1.8%
New York: +1.9%
Indiana: +2.0%
Maryland: +2.0%
Hawaii: +2.1%
Georgia: +2.2%
Massachusetts: +2.2%
North Carolina: +2.2%
Nevada: +2.5%
Arizona: +2.5%
California: +2.6%
South Carolina: +2.6%
South Dakota: +2.6%
Oregon: +2.8%
Washington: +2.9%
Florida: +3.0%
Utah: +3.6%
Idaho: +4.2%

[CrownVic95]

Originally Posted by GraniteStater

Actual concrete numbers showing percentage job growth change for the most recent 12 month period by state: (November 2014- November 2015). Kansas did ranked 43rd nationally during that time. Kansas is not an energy patch state like many of the other poor performing states and the governor certainly bares responsibility on not understanding the common failures of supply-side economics.
North Dakota: -2.9%
West Virginia: -1.4%
Wyoming: -0.7%
Louisiana: -0.6%
Oklahoma: -0.1%
Alaska: +0.1%
New Mexico: +0.4%
Kansas: +0.5%
Illinois: +0.6%
New Hampshire: +0.6%
Montana: +0.7%
Pennsylvania: +0.7%
Mississippi: +0.9%
Missouri: +1.0%
Wisconsin: +1.0%
Minnesota: +1.1%
(DC): +1.1%
Arkansas: +1.2%
Alabama: +1.3%
Vermont: +1.3%
Maine: +1.3%
Ohio: +1.4%
Virginia: +1.4%
Delaware: +1.4%
New Jersey: +1.4%
Texas:+1.5%
Nebraska: +1.5%
Connecticut: +1.6%
Michigan: +1.7%
Rhode Island: +1.7%
Tennessee: +1.7%
Colorado: +1.8%
Kentucky: +1.8%
Iowa: +1.8%
New York: +1.9%
Indiana: +2.0%
Maryland: +2.0%
Hawaii: +2.1%
Georgia: +2.2%
Massachusetts: +2.2%
North Carolina: +2.2%
Nevada: +2.5%
Arizona: +2.5%
California: +2.6%
South Carolina: +2.6%
South Dakota: +2.6%
Oregon: +2.8%
Washington: +2.9%
Florida: +3.0%
Utah: +3.6%
Idaho: +4.2%

Let's put this in a big picture perspective.

Being 43rd on this list is statistical hair splitting, as there are 18 other states with one percent of where Kansas is and 28 within 1.5%. Most are still short of where they were pre-great recession crash.

What is happening and what has been happening for upwards of 30 years is far bigger than Brownback or any other individual. But if you insist on blaming a single politician, the most rational focus would be on Ronald Reagan. For it was during those years, more than any other in our lifetimes, that America's economic engine was stolen from the American people - the people with the long history of building it.

[thriftylefty]

Brownback campaigned in the nether regions of Kansas promising the ole carrot and stick ,"funding for roads." He's using that money as a checking account when it could of been used for jobs. Something he didn't plan on was wealthy intelligent people of Kansas who turned them selves in to businesses so they don't have to pay taxes.

[GraniteStater]

Originally Posted by CrownVic95

Let's put this in a big picture perspective.

Being 43rd on this list is statistical hair splitting, as there are 18 other states with one percent of where Kansas is and 28 within 1.5%. Most are still short of where they were pre-great recession crash.

What is happening and what has been happening for upwards of 30 years is far bigger than Brownback or any other individual. But if you insist on blaming a single politician, the most rational focus would be on Ronald Reagan. For it was during those years, more than any other in our lifetimes, that America's economic engine was stolen from the American people - the people with the long history of building it.

You are deflecting in your response. All other states ranked lower than Kansas within that 12 month period are energy patch states that have a disproportionate percentage of total employment that is impacted by boom and bust cycles. Kansas has a much smaller percentage of jobs in that category.
No one is denying the fact that wage stagnation has been occurring in the US for over 35 years, it just became more obvious and pronounced during the 1980s and thereafter.
Brownback is creating a more unfavorable environment for businesses to invest in because of shortfalls in state revenue collections specifically related to tax cuts on businesses, meaning many of them now pay none as they reclassify their business as an LLC or other entity. Brownback is using the "starve the beast" mentality as he does what his Koch and corporate masters tell him. With an 18% state approval rating that appears disastrous. Kansans are starting to realize the hazards of thinking all Republicans are cut from the same cloth.

[atler8]

Originally Posted by GraniteStater

You are deflecting in your response. All other states ranked lower than Kansas within that 12 month period are energy patch states that have a disproportionate percentage of total employment that is impacted by boom and bust cycles. Kansas has a much smaller percentage of jobs in that category.
No one is denying the fact that wage stagnation has been occurring in the US for over 35 years, it just became more obvious and pronounced during the 1980s and thereafter.
Brownback is creating a more unfavorable environment for businesses to invest in because of shortfalls in state revenue collections specifically related to tax cuts on businesses, meaning many of them now pay none as they reclassify their business as an LLC or other entity. Brownback is using the "starve the beast" mentality as he does what his Koch and corporate masters tell him. With an 18% state approval rating that appears disastrous. Kansans are starting to realize the hazards of thinking all Republicans are cut from the same cloth.

You are correct Granitestater. The other party is "deflecting" here.
A look at the data for Kansas reveals an abysmally poor performance on a national level. Perhaps more telling though is a comparison to it's nearby non-oil patch Midwestern neighbors of Nebraska, Missouri & Iowa who all far outperformed Kansas in job growth..
The policies of Brownback have been ineffective & surely exacerbated the negative looking economic prospects for Kansas.

[CrownVic95]

Originally Posted by GraniteStater

You are deflecting in your response. All other states ranked lower than Kansas within that 12 month period are energy patch states that have a disproportionate percentage of total employment that is impacted by boom and bust cycles. Kansas has a much smaller percentage of jobs in that category.
No one is denying the fact that wage stagnation has been occurring in the US for over 35 years, it just became more obvious and pronounced during the 1980s and thereafter.
Brownback is creating a more unfavorable environment for businesses to invest in because of shortfalls in state revenue collections specifically related to tax cuts on businesses, meaning many of them now pay none as they reclassify their business as an LLC or other entity. Brownback is using the "starve the beast" mentality as he does what his Koch and corporate masters tell him. With an 18% state approval rating that appears disastrous. Kansans are starting to realize the hazards of thinking all Republicans are cut from the same cloth.

Deflecting?

I'm saying simply that Kansas is no different than most of the US economically. Most states and many, many metros are hurting. The fractions of a percent difference in job growth tell you nothing.

Let's once again cut to the chase. You can't stand Brownback because he is a social conservative and doesn't have time to waste humoring "climate change" mania. The people of Kansas re-elected him for the same reasons.