MN Political Roundtable

House Approves Kline’s 4.5% Parent Tax Increase

MNCentral — Fri, 24 May 2013 12:50:25 +0000

It’s high school graduation season and a lot of parents will be talking about Chairman John Kline (R-MN-02) this weekend … families will gather and encourage the graduate to pursue higher education … yet there will be costs … for tuition, fees, books, room and board, and other school charges … and for many parents [...]

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Accountability and Accounting

Dog Gone — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:42:58 +0000

The right wing politicos and their supporters like to whinge on and on and on, beating the drum of personal accountability. My observation is that you almost never, ever see any actual taking of responsibility by the right for the results of their policies or what they do legislatively. We see this in the failure [...]

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The Case Against Majority Leader Tom Bakk

Dave Mindeman — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:32:10 +0000

This session should have been a chance for a lot of DFL priorities to get a full hearing....and in the end, most of them did. But the petty shenanigans that seem to abound in the Majority Leader's office nearly derailed a good session.

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MN Survey and Kline’s Haunting Words

MNCentral — Thu, 23 May 2013 14:18:34 +0000

QUERY Which Adage Best Describes John Kline : – If you’re not a part of the solution, there’s good money to be made in prolonging the problem. – If you’re not a part of the solution, you are the problem. – Both “As long as uncertainty hangs over our economy, small businesses and entrepreneurs will [...]

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Medtronic Investor Paulsen Hammers On About Job Losses

MNCentral — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:58:06 +0000

Paraphrasing Abraham Maslow’s “If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.” – “If your only issue is Repealing the Medical Device Excise Tax, then every job loss can be blamed on MDET.” Investors woke up to read the quarterly report and guidance from Medtronic with this headline — [...]

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Caveat Emptor and Chairman Kline’s Smarter Solutions for Students Act

MNCentral — Wed, 22 May 2013 03:13:19 +0000

On Thursday, May 24th, the House is scheduled to vote on Chairman John Kline’s (R-MN-02) H.R. 1911 – Smarter Solutions for Students Act to address college student loans. Federal student loan interest rates are set to double on July 1, from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent, costing students on average an extra $1,000 on their [...]

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