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Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback set to become ambassador to U.N. for food and agriculture

Sam Brownback’s reign in Kansas is coming to an end. The embattled governor will take a job in Rome as the United Nations ambassador for food and agriculture, a former high-ranking Kansas official told Kansas Public Radio.

Brownback’s time in office was a right-wing experiment of sorts. The governor was a staunch social conservative who was adamantly against abortion and same-sex marriage. His fiscal policies were inspired by conservative think tanks. In 2015, Chris Suellentrop, writing for New York Magazine, described Kansas as a “petri dish for movement conservatism, a window into how the national Republican Party might govern if the opposition vanished.”

Brownback looked to eliminate income taxes from the state’s revenue, and instead wanted to rely strictly on consumption taxes — the American dream for conservatives. The result was not pretty. Kansas entered a dire situation where Brownback had to cut education as the state faced a budget crisis.

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http://www.salon.com/2017/03/10/kansas-gov-sam-brownback-set-to-become-ambassador-to-u-n-for-food-and-agriculture/

Maybe they can start to fix the damage he and his supporters have done.