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While Hatch is right that "the issue is the future", I'd be more specific & say that it's about whether you want a future with higher taxes to subsidize an out-of-control university education infrastructure or if you want common sense education policy that holds schools accountable and that eliminates wasteful bureaucratic spending. Don't forget my Sunday article about all the fat cat salaries that are being paid to U of M administrators, to the tune of $80,000,000 annually.
Is Hatch for the continuation of this type of out-of-control education that funds bureaucrats or is he an advocate of eliminating this type of policy so that more funds make it into the classroom? Is he for an education system that protects parents' pocketbooks & that reduces students' tuitions? If he isn't, then the choice is clear.
Let's not forget all the lawsuits that Hatch filed that ran businesses out of the state because they didn't toe the Hatch line. That isn't looking out for the people. That's catering to the special interests.
How many instances are there where taxpayers not only pay for spending increases pushed by lobbyists but also pay for the lobbyists themselves? That sounds alot like a taxpayer-funded extorsion racket to me. I suspect that alot of people agree with me if that were ever reported.
Posted Thursday, June 15, 2006 9:51 AM
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"The issue is the future," Hatch said, in reference to the latest monthly unemployment report, noting that unemployment was even lower before Pawlenty took office. "A recent report by the Itasca Group [composed largely of business leaders] says we have a huge problem mushrooming on the horizon and that two out of three of our kids will be unable to go to college."Hatch doesn't bother telling you that unemployment was high when Gov. Pawlenty took over because of 9/11. That's something that he'd like you to not notice. It won't work because I'm here to expose the truth. While it's possible that unemployment was lower at the peak of the Clinton recovery, it isn't exactly like Gov. Pawlenty's economic record is shoddy. After all, he erased a state record $4.5 billion shortfall & turned it into a $1 billion surplus without raising taxes like Hatch would do.
While Hatch is right that "the issue is the future", I'd be more specific & say that it's about whether you want a future with higher taxes to subsidize an out-of-control university education infrastructure or if you want common sense education policy that holds schools accountable and that eliminates wasteful bureaucratic spending. Don't forget my Sunday article about all the fat cat salaries that are being paid to U of M administrators, to the tune of $80,000,000 annually.
Is Hatch for the continuation of this type of out-of-control education that funds bureaucrats or is he an advocate of eliminating this type of policy so that more funds make it into the classroom? Is he for an education system that protects parents' pocketbooks & that reduces students' tuitions? If he isn't, then the choice is clear.
The candidate to succeed Hatch, state Rep. Matt Entenza, DFL-St. Paul, said there was a reason why DFLers occupied the attorney general's office for all but four years out of the last 50. "We stand up for the people and against special interests," Entenza said. He faces a strong opponent in state Rep. Jeff Johnson, R-Plymouth.Mr. Entenza is kidding when he says that they "stand up for the people and against special interests." After all, Skip Humphrey's lawsuit against the tobacco companies was all about grabbing money from tobacco companies to pad the pockets of his trial attorney support base so they could donate heavily to his gubernatorial campaign. In the end, the attorneys got rich, the 'afflicted' got little & Skip got tons of campaign contributions for his cronyism.
Let's not forget all the lawsuits that Hatch filed that ran businesses out of the state because they didn't toe the Hatch line. That isn't looking out for the people. That's catering to the special interests.
The DFL candidate for state auditor, former state Rep. Rebecca Otto of Marine on St. Croix, criticized GOP State Auditor Patricia Anderson for being "partisan and punitive" in her oversight of local government. Otto said she would emphasize the good things governments are doing to improve services and efficiency.Pat Anderson has been the taxpayers watchdog during her tenure. She applauded St. Cloud Mayor Kleis's decision "on his first day in office" to fire St. Cloud's lobbyist, which cost us $110,000 annually in salary so that the legislature would spend more money on our city.
How many instances are there where taxpayers not only pay for spending increases pushed by lobbyists but also pay for the lobbyists themselves? That sounds alot like a taxpayer-funded extorsion racket to me. I suspect that alot of people agree with me if that were ever reported.
Posted Thursday, June 15, 2006 9:51 AM
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