word is his great-grandfather is doing cartwheels in his grave.
Republicans agree to raise the spending budget by 6% over the next two years. Dayton wants to increase spending
24%. Dayton's solution is to increase taxes in order to spend more money in the future. Does that make sense? Of course not. But that's how Democrats
think feel. I'm so glad I don't live in Minnesota anymore.
From Hot Air:
What’s the environment like in Minnesota? According to the Tax Foundation’s extensive research, Minnesota comes in 44th in business-tax climate for 2011 and 38th in income-tax burden and 38th as well for sales taxes. Minnesota comes in 39th for unemployment insurance tax, a separate category from business tax. The overall portrait puts Minnesota in the bottom 10 (43rd) for tax climates in the US. Minnesota does not need more taxes; it needs more fiscal discipline from its state government. read the rest
Victor Davis Hanson:
Indeed, what makes this Fourth different from recent celebrations is the ongoing repudiation of almost everything antithetical to the Founders’ views — the redistributive, all-powerful welfare state, the therapeutic arrogance that believes human nature can be altered by an omnipotent well-meaning government, the postmodern notion that nationhood and borders are passé, and the utopian idea that war can be declared obsolete and the need for defense transcended. From Greece to California such dreams are dead. read the rest
