The good life in Minnesota!

 

 

"Life is good here, very good. That is, if you are a member of the DFL 1% club..."

Life is good here! If you don't believe me, ask the Governor. Ask the Mayor of Minneapolis. Or St. Paul. Or Duluth. Oh heck - just ask any Democrat in power. Just don't ask "Joe Six Pack" on the street trying to feed his family of four. Things are a bit different down there.

But who cares about "down there"? The power brokers, the department heads in state government, the Progressives who are the buddies of our Governor, are headed for a big, big payday! How big? Some of these clowns are going to get a 25 to 30 percent raise. Based on nothing!  And the new head of the Met Council, the highly qualified husband of the Governor's Chief of Staff, is in for a really big payday. The Governor had made this position full time and doubled the salary. Ahhhh, the good life in Minnesota!

What is the "DFL 1% club" doing to help out good old "Joe Six Pack"? First off, the Governor wanted a huge increase in the gasoline tax which would further drain any remaining dollars out of Joe's wallet. Then the war on coal has come home. The Governor would love to see the Sherco Power Plant in Becker shut down. Being a coal burning plant, the Governor thought might add to our "global warming". You know, that climate change which might lead to warmer winters in Minnesota (yea!).

So what happens to Joe's wallet if the Sherco Plant closes? Well, first off, this state gets almost half it's power from Sherco as well as the nuke at Monticello. We have no substitute power source that we can "plug right in" to replace them. So the price of electricity will go up like a Saturn rocket. That is, if we can get enough electricity. Brown outs and black outs could be on our menu. But who cares? Who needs electricity when we have winter six months out of the year.

The bottom line in Minnesota is this. If you are one of the Progressive elite, life can be very good in Minnesota. But if you are a retired military vet, a senior living on Social Security, a person with a family making slightly above poverty wages, life is tough here. There is no "good life in Minnesota".

The Governor must have jewels the size of Texas to offer those pay increases to his cronies. And guess what Governor? We may be cash strapped, but we also have good memories. You may not be running again, but Tina probably will be. And she will bear the brunt (along with Tom Bakk and your DFL buddies) for this one. You want your good life in Minnesota? We got your "good life" right here!