It’s too bad the Kansas Legislature had to go into overtime to handle an issue that’s been at the forefront of debate long before the session began, but it appears both the Kansas House and Senate are finally beginning to see compromise is not a dirty word.  
Both have presented bills for debate that appear to indicate they understand it will take the efforts of all Kansans, rich and poor, to bring the state back into the black.  But still, both worry the GOP majority will not allow any increase of taxes to the business sector, with jobs as their reasoning.  
For more than 140 years, the entrepreneurial spirit has thrived in Great Bend, and elsewhere in the state, both with and without business tax breaks.  
While there may be some fickle companies that choose to do business here simply because the Governor and the legislature swept away income taxes on company profits, most are here because they recognize more pluses for conducting business here.  Pluses that diminish as the state struggles to stay afloat because it isn’t able to cover its bases.  
Businesses recognize good business practices, and if the state can’t manage its finances by charging what its product is worth, how will these job-producing businesses maintain faith in this state and its economy and its workforce?
Patience is wearing thin, but reason appears to be coming up for air in the legislative waters of this fine state.  Here’s hoping our elected employees keep their eye on the prize and Kansas can end the financial walk of shame it’s been taking for the past few years.