During our early morning mall walking, a Vietnam vet whose health has been impacted by Agent Orange asked me if I knew the status of legislative action after Congress had let the program lapse last September. My response was to answer his question with a question : As a kid, when you wanted to do […]
John Kline legacy is being written … and must be read through rose-colored glasses. Chairman Kline’s recent OpEd “All children deserve great education” ignores an area of public education that relies solely on the action (or inactions) of Congress. Yep, the Chairman of the Education and the Workforce Committee press release paints a picture that […]
Don’t just love it when politicians proclaim that “they” were able to come together and pass a measure on a bi-partisan basis … only to notice that either the measure passed with no opposition or was passed with a handful of the opposition in support ? Hardly bi-partisan but it certainly makes the politician look […]
#1 in Politico’s listing of : 5 Candidates Tailor-Made for the Internet Age is a Minnesotan : Dan Lacey proved his viral chops a few years ago when his portraits of Sarah Palin and John McCain with pancakes stacked on their heads became blogosphere favorites. (He has since moved on to more ambitious works, such […]
Tom Emmer offered some interesting observations during the campaign … — We live in a world where spending beyond our means is not an option — The elimination of wasteful government spending starts with the elected officials who are the watchdogs of the state taxpayer dollar — Put the people first – not government bureaucracies, […]
Tom Emmer’s stump speech is so familiar : “It’s not the time to increase taxes to preserve the growth of government. It’s time to reduce taxes, streamline government and free the entrepreneurial spirit that is in Minnesota to start creating jobs.” Yet, what does he mean ? Whose taxes will be reduced ? On Friday, […]
At some time, every parent must sit down with their child and have a frank discussion about Santa Claus … when will the candidates for Minnesota Governor have a frank discussion with the voters about Trade Missions ? Governors view part of the job as being the cheerleader for the state … promoting tourism, trade, […]
QUERY : IF a Team accomplishes a Goal, who wins and who loses ? The Goal as stated by Grover Norquist : “I don’t want to abolish government. I simply want to reduce it to the size where I can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub.“ The Team as written […]
Survey USA whittled down 1000 potential voters to determine that 656 were likely to vote this November. That’s the first bit of bad news … of the 1000, 926 were registered to vote … a very good ratio , but the drop-off is significant … in a democracy, it does no good to have people […]
It seams that there are a lot of angry people out there. No, not the ones fighting over “burn’in” or “building” … no, I am sensing a real anger being represented through the newspaper editorial boards. The anger is being expressed based on the unwillingness by candidates to responsibly discuss fiscal positions in anything other […]
What’s Happening in Congress, Erik Paulsen
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