State Wobegon

[TigerVols]

Hope you weren't planning on dropping by a State Park in the the Land of 10,000 Lakes this weekend....

http://www.startribune.com/

 

[Stitch]

Hope you weren't planning on dropping by a State Park in the the Land of 10,000 Lakes this weekend....

http://www.startribune.com/

It's not just about the money. The GOP is trying to ram social policy through in conjunction with the budget.

 

[Starman]

Hope you weren't planning on dropping by a State Park in the the Land of 10,000 Lakes this weekend....

http://www.startribune.com/

It's not just about the money. The GOP is trying to ram social policy through in conjunction with the budget.

In addition to unconditionally declaring that no taxes of any description can be raised on anyone at all.

More hostage-taking and groveling at the feet of Grover Norquist, whoever the **** he is.

 

[Brooklyn Bridge]

Hope you weren't planning on dropping by a State Park in the the Land of 10,000 Lakes this weekend....

http://www.startribune.com/

It's not just about the money. The GOP is trying to ram social policy through in conjunction with the budget.

In addition to unconditionally declaring that no taxes of any description can be raised on anyone at all.

More hostage-taking and groveling at the feet of Grover Norquist, whoever the **** he is.

You should come to Connecticut, the fairyland of Make Believe. Not only did the GOP fail to win any Congressional or statewide offices in the midterms, but the House Minority Leader was just complaining they gave the Governor too MUCH power to cut spending. I wonder what he would have said if that was a Repub Governor. Go Figue.

 

[TigerVols]

Hope you weren't planning on dropping by a State Park in the the Land of 10,000 Lakes this weekend....

http://www.startribune.com/

It's not just about the money. The GOP is trying to ram social policy through in conjunction with the budget.

In addition to unconditionally declaring that no taxes of any description can be raised on anyone at all.

More hostage-taking and groveling at the feet of Grover Norquist, whoever the **** he is.

I heard a MSM newscaster the other day referring to the pledge that most GOP Congressman have signed, saying that they would never raise taxes. The reporter acted like due to this pledge, it would be sacrilegious to expect any GOP Congressman to raise taxes.

Makes me wonder what would happen if all Democratic Congressman signed a pledge that they would never cut education spending one penny. Would the MSM consider them equally noble as the GOP pledge signers are being treated?

 

[Football_Bat]

Fort Sumter is getting nervous.

 

[Yodel]

I blame Favre

 

[Ben_Hecht]

Hope you weren't planning on dropping by a State Park in the the Land of 10,000 Lakes this weekend....

http://www.startribune.com/

It's not just about the money. The GOP is trying to ram social policy through in conjunction with the budget.

In addition to unconditionally declaring that no taxes of any description can be raised on anyone at all.

More hostage-taking and groveling at the feet of Grover Norquist, whoever the **** he is.

I heard a MSM newscaster the other day referring to the pledge that most GOP Congressman have signed, saying that they would never raise taxes. The reporter acted like due to this pledge, it would be sacrilegious to expect any GOP Congressman to raise taxes.

Makes me wonder what would happen if all Democratic Congressman signed a pledge that they would never cut education spending one penny. Would the MSM consider them equally noble as the GOP pledge signers are being treated?

For the GOP, voting to maintain or raise education spending is akin to voting against themselves.

 

[terrier]

They all need to be purified in the waters of Lake Minnetonka.

 

[Flying Headbutt]

Sorry, Lake Minnetonka is closed.

 

[bumpy mcgee]

Sorry folks, park's closed. Moose out front shoulda told ya.

 

[Stitch]

What I don't like about the shutdown is everything is not shutdown. If the state doesn't have authority to spend a dime, then it shouldn't. Yes, people will suffer, but that fact alone would help get a deal done.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

They all need to be purified in the waters of Lake Minnetonka.

There's a pool in Fall River, Mass. that needs purification right now. {cross-thread}

 

[Hokie_pokie]

Hope you weren't planning on dropping by a State Park in the the Land of 10,000 Lakes this weekend....

http://www.startribune.com/

It's not just about the money. The GOP is trying to ram social policy through in conjunction with the budget.

In addition to unconditionally declaring that no taxes of any description can be raised on anyone at all.

More hostage-taking and groveling at the feet of Grover Norquist, whoever the **** he is.

I heard a MSM newscaster the other day referring to the pledge that most GOP Congressman have signed, saying that they would never raise taxes. The reporter acted like due to this pledge, it would be sacrilegious to expect any GOP Congressman to raise taxes.

Makes me wonder what would happen if all Democratic Congressman signed a pledge that they would never cut education spending one penny. Would the MSM consider them equally noble as the GOP pledge signers are being treated?

For the GOP, voting to maintain or raise education spending is akin to voting against themselves.

Utter nonsense. If we received a suitable rate of return on the annual investment American taxpayers already make in the educational system, we'd be producing a nation of rocket scientists instead of people dumb enough to fall for the type of class-warfare tripe so often found here.

Just look at the DC public schools, which spend more per pupil (at least they used to) than any other locality in the country and still lag significantly in terms of academic achievement.

But what the heck? Why cut spending when we can just keep borrowing money from our friends in China?

 

[Starman]

Hope you weren't planning on dropping by a State Park in the the Land of 10,000 Lakes this weekend....

http://www.startribune.com/

It's not just about the money. The GOP is trying to ram social policy through in conjunction with the budget.

In addition to unconditionally declaring that no taxes of any description can be raised on anyone at all.

More hostage-taking and groveling at the feet of Grover Norquist, whoever the **** he is.

I heard a MSM newscaster the other day referring to the pledge that most GOP Congressman have signed, saying that they would never raise taxes. The reporter acted like due to this pledge, it would be sacrilegious to expect any GOP Congressman to raise taxes.

Makes me wonder what would happen if all Democratic Congressman signed a pledge that they would never cut education spending one penny. Would the MSM consider them equally noble as the GOP pledge signers are being treated?

For the GOP, voting to maintain or raise education spending is akin to voting against themselves.

Utter nonsense. If we received a suitable rate of return on the annual investment American taxpayers already make in the educational system, we'd be producing a nation of rocket scientists instead of people dumb enough to fall for the type of class-warfare tripe so often found here.

Just look at the DC public schools, which spend more per pupil (at least they used to) than any other locality in the country and still lag significantly in terms of academic achievement.

But what the heck? Why cut spending when we can just keep borrowing money from our friends in China?

Straight from the Koch Bros. Office of Dismantling Public Education (one of their main priorities).

 

[slappy4428]

My mother, of course, blamed it all on the idiot Governor.
But mom, I asked, if things are at an impasse don't you think both sides have a burden of fault to share?
"No. It's that idiot Democratic Governor who just wants to spend. You can't spend if there's no money..."
**sigh**

 

[Hokie_pokie]

Hope you weren't planning on dropping by a State Park in the the Land of 10,000 Lakes this weekend....

http://www.startribune.com/

It's not just about the money. The GOP is trying to ram social policy through in conjunction with the budget.

In addition to unconditionally declaring that no taxes of any description can be raised on anyone at all.

More hostage-taking and groveling at the feet of Grover Norquist, whoever the **** he is.

I heard a MSM newscaster the other day referring to the pledge that most GOP Congressman have signed, saying that they would never raise taxes. The reporter acted like due to this pledge, it would be sacrilegious to expect any GOP Congressman to raise taxes.

Makes me wonder what would happen if all Democratic Congressman signed a pledge that they would never cut education spending one penny. Would the MSM consider them equally noble as the GOP pledge signers are being treated?

For the GOP, voting to maintain or raise education spending is akin to voting against themselves.

Utter nonsense. If we received a suitable rate of return on the annual investment American taxpayers already make in the educational system, we'd be producing a nation of rocket scientists instead of people dumb enough to fall for the type of class-warfare tripe so often found here.

Just look at the DC public schools, which spend more per pupil (at least they used to) than any other locality in the country and still lag significantly in terms of academic achievement.

But what the heck? Why cut spending when we can just keep borrowing money from our friends in China?

Straight from the Koch Bros. Office of Dismantling Public Education (one of their main priorities).

Hey Strawman -- uh, I mean Starman -- I'm married to a public school teacher and there are more than a few people like her who believe it would be in the best interests of students if America's public education system got a good dismantling.

But let's just keep throwing money at education and the economy and all of our other problems. It's working so well right now.

 

[Starman]

Yeah, instead let's throw all that money at the billionaires.

 

[Hokie_pokie]

Thanks for promptly living up to your new nickname, Strawman.

So you're saying that the average American billionaire, who already foots a disproportionate share of our country's annual tax bill, needs to pay even more so our government can spend even more (on programs such as public education) than we currently do?

Based on his speech the other day, it seems like Obama agrees with you. Color me shocked that the economy hasn't experienced a sustained period of explosive growth with income redistribution as our government's main objective. :o

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Thanks for promptly living up to your new nickname, Strawman.

So you're saying that the average American billionaire, who already foots a disproportionate share of our country's annual tax bill, needs to pay even more so our government can spend even more (on programs such as public education) than we currently do?

Based on his speech the other day, it seems like Obama agrees with you. Color me shocked that the economy hasn't experienced a sustained period of explosive growth with income redistribution as our government's main objective. :o

Well, the American billionaire could cut his tax bill by not making as much money. Rather, they can provide more jobs, and pay their workers more. Less salary for a billionaire, lower taxes.

And the economy had a long period of sustained growth from the mid-1940s through the early 1970s. Taxes for the wealthy were a lot higher then.

Heck, in the late 90s, the wealthiest had a tax rate of 39.6 percent. Didn't seem to stop the economy then, even though the middle class didn't quite reap the rewards.