I was surprised that anyone would write a column in the Auburn Reporter (“Other states cutting taxes to spur jobs and growth”, Don Brunell, June 12) that holds the state of Kansas as a model for other states to emulate.

Gov. Sam Brownback asked the state Legislature for sharp tax cuts, saying that they would lead to a big increase in jobs and in state revenue. Sadly, as been the case over the past 35 years, this delusional scheme did not work as promised.

Time after time, sharp tax cuts, instead of creating jobs and increasing government revenues, have led to deficits and drastic spending cuts. The Laffer Curve is laughable.

In the case of Kansas, there are some sobering facts: 1, the state has an $800 million budget deficit; 2, several schools had to end the school year early, due to funding cuts; 3, in 2014, the state suffered the third worst revenue drop in the U.S; 4, employment grew by 1.1 percent last year, placing Kansas 40th in the country; 5, last year, the rate of personal income growth (2.9 percent) placed Kansas 42nd in the country.

And this is a state others should emulate?

– R. Wesley Aman