Sunday, April 15, 2012

MN 2012 Government Finale

I had to go to Columbus Indiana for a pretty good summary of things.  Thoughts?

The Republic: MN Legislature Returns

7 comments:

John said...

No comments on this fascinating stalemate. They both want so much and yet they seem unwilling to trade... We have:
- Bonding bills
- Public school reform
- Viking Stadiums
- Tax changes
- Gun Laws

All being stopped due to the interests of each side's special interest groups. This may be an exciting few weeks, or more likely very very non-eventful. Thoughts?

John said...

Claire Robling takes the words out of my mouth.Kare11 Lawmaker blames Partisan Politics

Politics in MN
Minnpost Politics

Another example.SB Nation: Vikings Stadium

Unknown said...

your link tells of bipartisan opposition to the vikings stadium.

I think there will be a smaller bonding bill than what Dayton/dfl want.

I don't think there will be agreement on changes to tax code.

What new gun laws are under consideration? Dayton came out pretty wise looking on vetoing the Mn version of stand your ground.

Anonymous said...

I keep wondering what the heck is so great about bipartisanship or so bad about partisanchip? I mean, if one political party is (the majority of them) right and the other party is wrong, why should the side in the right have to compromise? Sure, if one side wanted an 8% state income tax rate and the other wanted zero, there might be a sensible position in the middle somewhere, but if one side wants to spend a billion dollars we don't have on things we don't need, and the other doesn't, where is the sensible "bipartisan" compromise THEN? Better nothing than the wrong thing.

J. Ewing

Anonymous said...

I keep wondering what the heck is so great about bipartisanship or so bad about partisanchip?

I do too. Too often nonpartisanship means that someone is too lazy to think about the issues.

--Hiram

John said...

Since both ends of the spectrum are absolutely certain that their further from center views are "right", it will be interesting to see how these partisan politics work next year if the Democrats take control of the MN Legislature this Fall?

Anonymous said...

If the DFL takes control I can guarantee you that they will do wrong, perhaps massively. We should learn from history. They got us into this most recent spending dilemma; the GOP got us out without raising taxes. Years ago, the GOP gained control after the DFL raised taxes by $1B (chump change, now) and promptly cut taxes $1B. The DFL regained control and raised taxes $1B again, all the while none of us noticed the difference, except that government spent more under the DFL! It's folly entrusting people whose sole desire is to tax and spend as much as possible with political power.