On bribing people with their own money...
A smaller version of the bill was beaten down last year due to a team effort by Governor Pawlenty and Minnesota House Republicans, but apparently some RINOs in the mix are now willing to jump ship to pass the largest tax increase in Minnesota history. Ever. And that's only the transportation bill. Can you imagine what's in store for the rest of this session?
One of our heroes in St. Paul, St. Cloud's own Steve Gottwalt, is leading the charge in trying to keep this three-ring circus train from making the connection to our back pockets, as he recognizes that the entire $6.6 billion dollar behemoth tax increase, devoid of any prioritization of current spending, is going to be financed totally on the backs of all Minnesota taxpayers (including the poor) in the form of NEW TAXES.
In a conversation with him, Gottwalt stated that he's not sure if the governor's veto will be sufficient to keep this travesty from passing. I call on all Conservative Minnesotans not to give one thin dime (nor one second of time) to any of the buffoons who choose to override the veto that would lead this onerous albatross to its nefarious fruition.
Furthermore, I call on all Conservative citizens in Minnesota to immediately devote their full measures of time, talent and treasure to those candidates that have the balls to declare this farce for what it is, and vote to sustain the veto.
When will our elected spendthrift officials (and our citizenry) finally come to realize that they are picking our own pockets to give us goodies that WE ARE PAYING FOR, and advertising it as easy, free money? We may be getting pork from the treasury, but just whose money is it in the treasury? And pork at what price?
Folks, in the words of Governor Pawlenty, it's time to put the fork down, stand away from the table, and think about what we're doing as a society! Have we been reduced to a society that has, in the prescience of Alexis de Toqueville, allowed ourselves to be bribed with our own money? Are we in Minnesota willing to re-enact the woes set forth by the socialist robber-barons of California and Michigan? I can guran-damn-tee you that's exactly where we're headed with a liberal majority in power in Minnesota.
Enjoy the ride.
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