He wrote something about the Republican stance on the state government shutdown here that could just as easily apply to Republicans on a national level. This rocks!!!!!!
It should also be remembered that when oil company executives testified in Congress against the removal of public subsidies for oil, many Republican leaders declared that any withdrawal of subsidy funding would constitute a tax increase. If that is to be the case, then what about the thousands of Minnesotans thrown out of healthcare and told to go on “vouchers” to pay for policies that are beyond the financial reach of low-income people? Is that not a tax increase? How about the student losing state support from institutions of higher learning and having to pay higher tuition? And what about the rest of us who will pay higher healthcare premiums to accommodate the costs of the uninsured receiving emergency care? One must also add to this list of growing tax increases the likely wage losses that would be suffered by public and private sector employees who are laid off as a result of the shutdown.
Frankly, this debate could use a lot more honesty and far less propaganda. The bottom line is that both budget proposals contain revenue enhancements or tax increases. It is not a question of labeling, it is a question of who pays and how.
The news today on our shutdown is that there's no news. Except that Governor Carlson has teamed up with former VP Walter Mondale to form a committee that will put together a budget proposal as an option to the ones proposed by Democratic Governor Mark Dayton and the Republican legislature.
If I had to guess right now, its likely that Governor Dayton will accept this committee's option and the Republicans will reject it. That should weaken the hand of the Republicans when it comes to public opinion.
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