Kansas runs one of the most secretive state governments
I&#x27;m always confused as to how the Koch-funded candidates did so well on almost comically evil platforms. It seems the referendum on &quot;Obama&quot; policies in 2010 did nothing but damage the states they were elected in and did little to solve any real problems. People thought they were sticking it to the feds but really just shot themselves in the foot. Massive cuts in every department, even things like transportation which shouldn&#x27;t be a hyper partisan issue. I get that abortion clinics or healthcare is a hot button issue, but building roads? Who looked at that platform and said, you know, I wish we&#x27;d stop spending so much money on maintaining our crumbling roads?<p>Populist anger did little to improve anyone&#x27;s lives and you also saw this in the 2016 election. For as angry as everyone was at the status quo, what do we have now? Even worse status quo, vis a vis the new tax plan which is just a oligarchic power grab and a president who literally cannot govern to save his life.