http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2015/12/4/1456818/-Democrats-taxing-rich-lowering-unemployment-in-Minnesota-has-lead-to-1-9-bil-budget-surplus?detail=email
When Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton was elected back in 2010, he had a Republican legislature and a state with billions in deficit. Yesterday, state officials announced that Minnesota’s budget surplus had reached $1.9 billion.
Commissioner Myron Frans of Minnesota Management and Budget called the forecast sunny, like weather outside.
“The ship continues on course and we are improving the stability and control of the ship,” Frans said, continuing a marine theme that then-Finance Commissioner Pam Wheelock began years ago when she proclaimed, “We have a boatload of money” during another surplus year.
Gov. Mark Dayton said that when took office five years ago, he faced a $6.2 billion deficit and the state owed schools $2 billion.
How did they do this? They basically did Democratic Party stuff like lifting taxes on the rich, raised the minimum wage, and passed a state law guaranteeing women equal pay. You know, stuff that Republicans usually say will end in a sky made out of fire with Jesus Christ riding on top of a horse, jousting with the ghost of Vladimir Lenin, while swinging a broad sword made out of fire. Well, at least, in the case of Minnesota, the Democratic Party has been able to prove that using your government for good, to help the majority of people, versus the wealthy minority of businesses can result in both rich and poor doing better. I am sure the Republican Party is willing to concede that.
have you noticed every republican GOV. who has touted how good his state is doing under them never seem to jive with facts of deficit in the red and them begging for gov't money they refused to defy Pres. my favorites Bobby Jindal an the Louisiana hole he dug along with Christie and NJ.
