Why should anyone in Fauquier care about Stephen Moore? Because he is Glenn Youngkin’s top economic advisor and wants to apply the same failed economic policies in Virginia that he brought to Kansas.
Stephen Moore, as economic advisor to former Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, helped to drive Kansas into an economic ditch from which it has not fully recovered, more than a decade later. His disastrous economic theories ruined regular people’s lives. Kansans lost their jobs, Kansas’ bond ratings were downgraded multiple times, and sales taxes were raised to the second highest in the nation. Retirees and services for the elderly were cut. Revenue fell $700 million the first year of his policy and never recovered, forcing the state to drain reserves and operating budgets just to keep the lights on. Job…