Liberal in the Land of Conservative: Tarryl Clark: TPaw Drives MN Off A Cliff

Tarryl Clark: TPaw Drives MN Off A Cliff

9:22 AM | Posted in Governor, Tarryl Clark, Tim Pawlenty

Senator Clark slams the Governor for trying to impress national conservatives at the expense of everyday Minnesotans. Without reelection hanging over his head, Pawlenty is free to make the most extreme cuts which may play well to the base of the ever shrinking Republican Party but which the average Minnesotan will probably find unacceptable.

But what are the consequences of these unallotment cuts?

The GAMC veto could cost upwards of 4000 jobs.
Hospitals could see 20 jobs lost for every $1 million in cuts.
An estimated 900 jobs were lost due to the line item veto of bonding projects.
Education will potentially see another $1.8 billion cut as Governor Pawlenty simulates a shift through unallotment.

These are but a few of the consequences of a Governor who has decided to use the state of Minnesota as his very own conservative proving grounds without regard to what the majority of Minnesotans wish out of their state government.

Category: Governor, Tarryl Clark, Tim Pawlenty

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eddy · 825 weeks ago

You forgot to add that T Paw deprived Minnesotans of a tax increase. After all, these economic times call for sacrifices from taxpayers without Dems doleing out less largesse.

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Political_Muse 35p · 825 weeks ago

Clarification, Eddy, T Paw deprived the top tier of Minnesotans a tax increase. He simply shifted any tax burden, once again, down to property taxes of the middle and lower incomes.

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Rook · 825 weeks ago

There's only one thing I've go to say: Recall TPaw! It makes for a very nice chant.

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Gary Gross · 825 weeks ago

If Tarryl's so worried about GAMC cuts, why didn't Tarryl sign onto Steve Gottwalt's Healthy Minnesota Plan, which would've saved Minnesota's taxpayers $30,000,000 a year? Or is $60,000,000 per biennium insignificant to her?

Tarryl talks about losing 900 jobs with Gov. Pawlenty's veto of bonding bills. Did you know that Minnesota's legislature has passed over $5,000,000,000 in bonding projects since 2005? Did you know that Minnesota has lost 51,000 construction jobs since 2005?

I understand that Tarryl is genuinely worried about education. Wouldn't it be nice if she put the pieces of the puzzle together & realize part of the reason why revenue is down is because people & businesses are leaving the state because they don't want to deal with the DFL's tax increases?

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Political_Muse 35p · 825 weeks ago

Gary, would that be $30 million per year by pushing even more people off health care?

We have not had an income tax increase. Are you telling me now that even the mere threat of a tax increase drives out people and business. Who are these people?

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Gary Gross · 825 weeks ago

The $30 million in savings is for the 55,000 people currently in MinnesotaCare who don't have children. Nobody gets kicked off anything. It's simply a cost-savings. I wrote here that this savings is achieved through a mechanism called a Health Reimbursement account, which is significantly different than a Health Savings Account:

http://www.letfreedomringblog.com/?p=4814

There are three things that are driving people & businesses from Minnesota: out-of-control spending, property taxes & the DFL's flawed budgeting process.

If we aren't cutting taxes, then we aren't doing the right thing. If we aren't keeping spending in line, then we aren't doing the right thing. It's impossible to say that we're keeping spending in line when the DFL passed a set of omnibus spending bills in 2007 that would've increased spending for that biennium by 17+ percent.

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Gary Gross · 825 weeks ago

Businesses saw, as did Gov. Pawlenty, that a tax increase that helped balance the budget in 2005 was just another time when the DFL insisted on raising taxes. Businesses are moving to Sioux Falls because South Dakota has the best tax system in the nation. Minnesota's rated 49th. Why would a CEO say to him- or herself "Let's stay in Minnesota where the tax situation is awful" when it isn't expensive to move to Sioux Falls & save hundreds of thousands of dollars?

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