"Well, the beat goes on. This is your state folks. The future is in our hands. The Loony Left have already tipped their hand if they take back the House, Senate and retain the Governor's seat - more taxes, and larger government. It will be a microcosm of what Ms. Nancy wants to do on a national level. Lord help us..."
He has his veto pen out. And he is ready to rumble. Seems like the Overlord did not like much what came out of this session. ESPECIALLY the fact that we had some extra "free" money, and those stingy Republicans wanted to give some back to the taxpayers. You know - like change after paying a bill. The Overlord wanted it all to give to the school districts who are strapped for cash. Note to Overlord: That is the responsibility of the individual districts. If they spent themselves into a hole, boo hoo, shame on you.
Just like last year, the Overlord is going to pitch a fit and have a tantrum. Wah, wah, wah. He is going to veto the tax bill. The tax reconciliation bill. That part will hurt all of us. The tax cuts will only help some of us. Won't do a dang thing for me. A real tax cut is like what Trump did last year. That helped most everyone.
What did the good people of Minnesota get out of this session? Not much. A few goodies. But for the most part it was a lot of late days and some nights for our Representatives and Senators. Here is my take. If in fact, this session is going to be another "nothing burger", call the session early. Have the Overlord veto the bills, and let the legislature get home to their families. Come January, we will be done with the Overlord, and Lord be willing, we will next have a REAL Governor. Like Governor (Jeff) Johnson.
Truthfully, I have had it with the Overload, the socialists on his side of the fence, and the low information voters who put them all in office. If the statists by some measure manage to stay in power after this year, here is very important fact which they don't understand. Subjects may have to stay here, but not the Patriots (citizens). They can leave. And they will. They will take their money with them, as this state starts to circle the drain.
BTW - the most favored son of the DFL, the one many want to be our next Governor, just voted "no" on a very common sense VA Bill. What? No Bird - you are mistaken! Walz is a vet, a "friend" of those serving and those who have served. Actually, he is not. This is the real Tim Walz. Who then, will be a friend of the vets next election in Minnesota? Jeff Johnson and Lt. Col. (USMC Ret.) Donna Bergstrom.
Well, the beat goes on. This is your state folks. The future is in our hands. The Loony Left have already tipped their hand if they take back the House, Senate and retain the Governor's seat - more taxes, and larger government. It will be a microcosm of what Ms. Nancy wants to do on a national level. Lord help us...
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ReplyDeleten Minnesota, progressive taxes and social spending have created more and better-paying jobs than next-door neighbor Wisconsin has created through tax and spending cuts.
ReplyDeleteOver the past seven years, hourly wages in Minnesota have increased by 2.4 percent over inflation, while wages in Wisconsin rose by just 0.3 percent after inflation.
Minnesota, where job growth has been stronger than Wisconsin, also outpaced Wisconsin in reducing unemployment.
And Minnesota also has enjoyed strong growth in median household income as compared with Wisconsin—which helps explain the reduction in Minnesota’s poverty rates.
In Wisconsin, however, poverty has worsened.
Minnesota raised its minimum wage and expanded labor protections.
Dayton also expanded Medicaid, and the federal dollars that came with that expansion helped create more health-care jobs.
The administration also strengthened the social safety net, expanding paid sick and family leave and strengthening unemployment insurance.
Dayton raised taxes mostly on the wealthy, and enabled significant investment in public education, and has shown that those who can pay more, do.
It has not led to huge flight of high-income earners out of Minnesota.
These public investments in education, public infrastructure, and public benefit programs help attract residents.
That may be why Minnesota has seen its population increase through people moving into the state, while Wisconsin has had more residents leave than new residents arrive.
You really have a complete debunking of the whole conservative economic program, and I think a proof that what it’s really about is enriching the one percent and large corporations.
The idea that it’s going to help average people by encouraging business is clearly being debunked by the results of these policies once you actually implement them.
I might not like Dayton, because he's a weasel and smarmy sleazeball, but It's better than Walker and his union busting, corporate give-away style.
So, let me understand. If we take enough money away from the wealthy and the corporations, and give it to the people who do not produce anything or at least do not produce enough to justify employing them, these Corporations and rich people will stay and invest and produce more jobs that cost them even more money than what they get in return. Apparently the brainpower state of Minnesota has the stupidest CEOs and wealthy people in the country. The exceptions being smart but heartless corporations like the one I used to work for, who picked up and moved elsewhere years ago.
ReplyDeleteI suppose if you want to credit government with producing prosperity, you can, but it is a tough case to make when government does not produce anything of value and, more often than not, the economy improves IN SPITE OF government, rather than because of it.
Yes. The poor will be happy and buy housing and food and the money will end up back in the riches hands. Simple. 3M?
DeleteOK, so 3M gets taxed and the money goes to poor people who buy lots of Scotch tape and 3M gets their money back. Right? Not even considering the considerable overhead and losses built into such a perpetual motion machine, how does 3M make a PROFIT on this circular transaction?
ReplyDeleteI was wondering if the heartless company you worked for was 3M, not that poor people would buy 3M products. Hell, they barely have enough for their University Ave. apt. and end of the month Ramen Noodles.
DeleteI never worked for 3M, and I have not bought a lot of scotch tape, either. But those poor people would have benefited from having jobs at 3M, except that the Almighty State decided to squash any incentive the company had to offer up those jobs. Socialism only works until you run out of other people's money.
ReplyDeleteIt is not that I object to government spending. I object to foolish, stupid, counterproductive and inefficacious spending of all stripes, especially when I am paying for it.