Tuesday, August 12, 2014

MN DFL Over Reach?

Another dialog track from the Minnpost article was regarding how the DFL's last 19 months of changes may have made the Conservatives feel.
"If the pendulum swings back, I am sure the GOP will not oppress the DFL in the same way.
  
DFL ignoring Conservative Minnesotans:
  • legalized gay marriage
  • setup ACA insurance exchange
  • raised taxes on wealthy and businesses/consumers
  • increased spending significantly
  • passed HUGE bonding bill to be paid back by our kids
  • try to unionize daycare providers
  • passed Vikings stadium
  • anti-bullying law
  • minimum wage increase
  • tax cuts to those who pay little in taxes
I am think they are feeling a bit ignored and oppressed."
 I mean the DFL pretty much disregarded the concerns of the Conservative citizens of MN and did as they wished.  It will be interesting to see if there are repercussions in November.

Thoughts?

9 comments:

  1. Isn't that pretty much the platform the DFL candidates ran on when they got elected in the first place?

    Looking at the turnout numbers tonight can't be real encouraging for the GOP...

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  2. Looks like there weren't any surprises for the GOP.

    Johnson for Governor
    McFadden for Senate
    Emmer for Bachman's Rep spot

    Let the real contests begin...

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  3. You are correct the DFL has accomplished a lot for it's voters.

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  4. Are conservatives really against setting up a marketplace where health insurance policies can be bought and sold? What was the conservative alternative we ignored?

    --Hiram

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  5. Given the fact that the bonding bill was intensively negotiated with republicans whose support was needed and in fact received in order for it to pass, is it really fair to say conservatives were ignored in the process?

    --Hiram

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  6. Remember that even after all those negotiations, the DFL shoved approximately another $200,000,000 in to projects against the will of the GOP instead of giving it back to us tax payers.

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  7. Do you realize what each of these state exchanges cost the tax payers?


    For comparison. And remember that those Fed funds also come up of our taxes. (ie it is not free money from God)
    MN vs Wisc

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  8. The bonding bill required republican support to pass. Nothing in it was shoved their against there will.

    --Hiram

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  9. However much they cost, setting up exchanges was a Republican idea. It would have been nice if the private sector had set them up but it didn't.

    This is characteristic of the republican approach to policy. Both democrats and republicans have the same goals. The difference is that democrats want to do something achieve them, republicans don't. The health care marketplaces are just another one of many examples of republicans for purely partisan reasons, refusing to take yes for an answer.

    --Hiram

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