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That is worth repeating....a $1 billion surplus. And now the politics of it will start to temper our enthusiasm. The MN GOP will try to figure out some way to take all the credit. The Governor will quickly explore an election year tax cut. But I would suggest that everybody please try to remember how we got here.
Governor Dayton has been in office for 2 budgets. One with the Republicans in charge of both Houses and the other with the Democrats in . . .
Well, your public persona points to "unfunded mandates" or a "potential loss of independent, local authority" -- which is what the MN GOP likes to put out there as well.
"We just legalized a new definition of marriage and now they have to normalize it. How are they going to normalize it when those of us who have religion .... . . .
As the health care website starts to improve in performance and the public gets down to the business of choosing insurance, the question becomes what will occupy the time of the GOP.
The US House has already cut their actual work days for 2014 to 113. Since they get paid $174,000 per year - that works out to a nice and tidy $1,540 per day of "work". Thanks for your service!
An improved website is not going to stop the GOP critiques...after all, they have no agenda and seem to be devoid . . .
In an effort to extend his criticisms of Obamacare, he now concludes that the tentacles of the "flawed" health care law have been undermining our education system.
In a newly established line of attack on the Affordable Care Act, Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., who leads the House Education Committee, is highlighting stories of school districts' plans to cut back on programs and part-time staffers to meet the demands of the health care law.
He seems to be saying that every cut back (part time workers . . .
Riddle: What do these 4 states have in common - Wyoming, Arkansas, Georgia, and Minnesota?
Answer: These are the only states that have a minimum wage below the Federal minimum.
That is embarrassing for Minnesota!
How can a progressive state possibly be in such company and on such a major issue. It is a blot on this great state's reputation. And it needs to be fixed as soon as possible.
In fact, there needs to be more than a fix, it needs to be an issue on which Minnesota leads.
