If government is milk, Kansas GOP director says drink less

Should Kansans drink less milk?
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That was the metaphor put forward by Clay Barker, executive director of Kansas Republican Party, in a series of tweets this weekend, arguing that Kansans should consume less government in the face of rising costs.
Rep. Blaine Finch, R-Ottawa, a moderate, had compared the rising cost of government to the rising cost of groceries at a legislative forum in Ottawa on Saturday, according to the Ottawa Herald. Finch argued that many lawmakers were ignoring the impact of inflation and that expecting the cost of government not to increase was a lot like being surprised when a gallon of milk costs more at the store than it did 20 years ago.
Finch argued that the Legislature should consider making changes to the tax code to increase revenues and deal with the rising costs.
But Barker, tweeting from the official Kansas GOP twitter account, took Finch’s metaphor and ran in the opposite direction, arguing that if the cost of milk was going up, then it’s time to drink less milk.
“Blaine Finch comparing the cost of government to the cost of milk, it cost more than it used to. And the correct response is – drink les,” the first of several tweets read.

Barker argued that voters had voted for less government, or less milk, in the 2014 election.
Sen. Laura Kelly, D-Topeka, said that the metaphor is pretty apt for what she sees going on in Topeka, saying drinking less milk could lead to kids becoming malnourished, which she saw as analogous to cuts to education spending.
“The answer to pressing problems on the part of so many of my colleagues is just to do with less – regardless of what less is,” she said. “Everything is just ‘do it and do it with less’ regardless of what we’re taking from people. And we’re getting down to basic needs.”
Barker said that Democrats were trying to turn his tweets into “milkgate” by taking his comments too literally and assured that he is not calling for cuts to the school milk program, for example.
“You know I should learn to follow the advice I give the elected, which is ‘You guys aren’t comedians. Don’t try to be funny in public,’” Barker said Monday.
Barker also said he wasn’t trying to criticize Finch, a member of his own party, with his tweets, but was simply trying to join in the discussion.
He argued that cutting government is not the same as cutting services.
“You can still maintain the level of services if you get more productive. You don’t have to get less government services, you just have to change the way you deliver them,” he said.

Source: Kansas

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