Gov Dayton

[LMITOUT]

The good news for you is that you will have another four years to whine about Gov. Dayton.

Yep. Another four years on brainless liberal autopilot thanks to brainless liberals voting for him.

[amateurfishing]

It constantly amazes me the amount of complaining that resides here, if you dont like the winner maybe your side should find a better candidate. The reality of recent history is though that the other party is so out of touch and off base they cant even get together to decide what the party stands for, let alone a person to stand for it. 3 people in primary and no one ran away with it again. Dont keep blaming the winners for your losing desiveness.

[delcecchi]

If I don't like the winner, perhaps it is because the majority of those who voted didn't agree with me, for reasons of their own. A "better candidate" probably wouldn't help that.

For example, if 55% of the people are in favor of raising taxes on the other 45% in order to provide money for the government to provide more services and more transfer payments, no "better candidate" who doesn't agree will get their vote.

[LMITOUT]

The reality of recent history is though that the other party is so out of touch and off base they cant even get together to decide what the party stands for,

Speaking of brainless liberals...

Who's out of touch?

Yeah, this state. And 30 years later nothing has changed. Still on brainless liberal autopilot.

[Canon Guy]

It constantly amazes me the amount of complaining that resides here, if you dont like the winner maybe your side should find a better candidate.

It's much easier for the bitter to call the opposition brainless. Complaining is all some people have to contribute.

[Canon Guy]

Yeah, this state. And 30 years later nothing has changed. Still on brainless liberal autopilot.

Before Dayton, who was the last Democratic Gov.?

And you complain about the brainless?

[Kidd]

This post reminds me of the old joke:

How many republicans does it take to screw in a light bulb?

Five - One to do the work and four to talk about how good the old one was.

[amateurfishing]

Love your same ole song n dance LMITOUT, your sides failure to change with the times continues to speak volumes. Still complaining about a chart 30 years ago, must not get out much. Truth be told im hardly a party hardliner but red continues to see red cause they fail to realistically acknowledge future. I will admit Obama has not been seeing it super clear recently either, he does seem to b mailing it in lately.

[leech~~]

It's just kind of funny how the Dem's jump all over Mills for coming from a family of wealth, but not say a word about Gov Goofy and where he came from!

"A native of Minnesota, Dayton is the great-grandson of businessman George Dayton, the founder of Dayton's, a department store that later became the Target Corporation. Graduating from Yale University in 1969 and married Alida Rockefeller Messinger, a member of the Rockefeller family"

H & F's!

[amateurfishing]

Leech, you can go round and round with that argument, maybe the,question should be why are they not going after Dayton that way? Dont critisize the winner for being smart, question the loser for not being smarter (or what the democracy wants) ).

[DTro]

"We contend that for a nation to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle."

[LMITOUT]

Yep, and amateurcommie, Kidd, and Canon are all standing in the bucket waiting for everyone else to do the heavy lifting.

[LMITOUT]

Leech, you can go round and round with that argument, maybe the,question should be why are they not going after Dayton that way?

Are you actually that naive?

[tacklejunkie]

What's he so afraid of?

Losing the election.

If the polls are correct, and I believe they are, he's going on to win a second term. By avoiding these questions regarding MnSure,the stategery makes sense from a purely political perspective.

He just has to get through the next two weeks without saying something stupid and he's in.That's why he avoids anything having to do with discussing MNSure especially without being coached first. Eventually, it will catch up to him but probably not till after he's re elected.

[Canon Guy]

Are you actually that naive?

Tell us why he's so naive.

[LMITOUT]

#facepalm

[Canon Guy]

Got nothing? Who would have thunk it?

[amateurfishing]

Thats his way of complaining bout his own problems, always blames the other side.

[LMITOUT]

Derp alert.

[Duffman]

Ha! Classic.

From the King of Derp himself.

I love the fact that you have been trying to take over the Derp meme for a while now, even though most of us already know that the internet has recoginzed that The Derp Dynasty has been your side all along.

I'm still waiting for the day when you guys will claim you were always for gay marriage.

Just wait for it..........wait for it.......

(I will admit that Dayton rocks the Derp Face quite well though)

[LMITOUT]

Go home, you're drunk.

[Duffman]

*kiss*

[LMITOUT]

Quote:

Minnesota: For governor, Jeff Johnson: Pioneer Press editorial

Since DFL domination began two years ago, we have beat the drum loudly in favor of the checks and balances afforded by divided government in Minnesota.

Unchecked, Democrats -- controlling the state House of Representatives, state Senate and governor's office for the first time in more than 20 years -- have increased taxes and state spending, unwisely placing the state's business climate at further risk. Therefore:

-- We support Republican Jeff Johnson for governor.

-- We're convinced Minnesotans will be better served by a House that returns to a Republican majority. It will take only seven seats to do so. With state senators not up for re-election until 2016, the Senate will remain in DFL control.

In conversations after his nomination, before the primary and at our conference table, Johnson impressed us as a thoughtful, capable public servant, a man well qualified to serve as the state's chief executive.

The limited-government approach espoused by the lone conservative on the Hennepin County Board is the one best suited to a Minnesota business climate already beset by high taxes and regulation. His approach represents an uphill battle. What would be called admirable restraint in the private sector gets tagged as "austerity" -- or worse -- in the public sphere. Limiting trips to the punch bowl is a hard sell. It can be a downer to explain that forcing employers to pay higher wages will in many cases result in fewer employees.

But we favor the restraint Johnson represents because, long-term, it makes Minnesota more competitive, and that means more jobs and opportunity.

Johnson acknowledges that the state's unemployment rate is lower than the national average, but he contends that doesn't get at the real issue: the under-employment rate. About 50 percent of Minnesotans, he told us, "are in a job that they don't really want to have, but they can't find anything better. And that is not the sign of a strong economy."

The valuable local-government experience he brings includes "skills at figuring out how to actually accomplish something when the vast majority of your colleagues don't agree with you," said Johnson, who also is a former state representative from Plymouth and an attorney who worked for Cargill handling labor and employment law matters.

He is a believer in what should be the goal of tax reform -- make taxes low, broad and simple -- and he pledges to work to streamline and scale back regulations, including licensing and permitting, where it's prudent and the legislative balance of power allows.

Those should be welcome moves for the state's business community, which argues that current policies, including significant increases in taxes, health care and other costs, hurt our ability to compete here at home and around the globe. Sixty-two percent of employers participating in the Minnesota Business Barometer Survey released earlier this month identified taxes as the major barrier to job creation.

When it comes to education and addressing the achievement gap between the state's white students and their peers of color, Johnson asserts, correctly, that money alone isn't the answer. He's a believer, for example, in the teacher-tenure reform that would base layoffs, when needed, on teacher effectiveness, not seniority. Minnesota could see new hope for such reforms under Republican leadership not beholden to organized labor.

As for Gov. Mark Dayton, at a personal and professional level, we like him very much. In our interactions, he has always been engaged, an absolute gentleman and a pleasure to be around. He has governed just as he said he would. That's a credit to his integrity.

But the policies he favors, in our estimation, aren't those that will enhance Minnesota's competitiveness in the years to come. Mark Davis, whose family owns Cambria and Davisco Food International spoke well to that point in a report in the Minneapolis-based Star Tribune. "We told what we thought the adverse effects would be on our companies and situations," Davis said. "We told him that we were at a disadvantage being headquartered in Minnesota and having factories in South Dakota and Idaho, where, had we put our headquarters there, we'd pay considerably less taxes."

Dayton, Davis told the Star Tribune, has "always been willing to listen and engage in the discussion. The fact that he ends up making the wrong decision is probably a comment on my salesmanship."

The wrong decisions include, in addition to direct tax increases, policies that also drive up costs for taxpayers and businesses. Encouraging public-sector unionization, as he did, simply drives up the expense of government. Increasing the minimum wage is in effect a tax on labor -- and when you tax something, you get less of it. The governor and his party too often subordinate the needs of school children to the interests of labor unions and the adults they represent.

Further, our among- the-highest-in-the-nation corporate and individual tax rates present a mirage -- a picture of progressivism that hides the ill effects of high taxes on the little guy. Big companies and truly wealthy people, including Dayton himself, have myriad ways of limiting their exposure to higher corporate and income taxes. Meantime, the salary-earner and the smaller business owner pay through the nose.

If given a new term, Dayton has said he wants to work on jobs, workforce readiness and clean energy, and give continued attention to early education. If he were to win re-election, with transportation destined to be a focal point at the Capitol in 2015, Dayton has said he would consider a gas tax increase at the wholesale level to fund infrastructure projects.

Again, we respect Dayton as a person and as a politician; we just believe his policies aren't what Minnesota needs.

[amateurfishing]

Guess what, I dont care what pioneer press or anyone else thinks, I care about what I think. Job growth, equality, fulfilling needed campaign promises.

Good luck with loosing to derps

[delcecchi]

Guess what, I dont care what pioneer press or anyone else thinks, I care about what I think. Job growth, equality, fulfilling needed campaign promises.

Good luck with loosing to derps

Loose, tight, what does it matter?

[Canon Guy]

Thats his way of complaining bout his own problems, always blames the other side.

It my fault for asking a troll to leave his comfort zone.

[DrJill]

Repeatedly blame "the media" for GOP failures at the ballot box

then

highlight that the Pioneer Press endorses "What's his name".

LOL

[LMITOUT]

It my fault for asking a troll to leave his comfort zone.

No, it's your fault for willingly wearing blinders and "playing" dumb.

[LMITOUT]

Guess what, I dont care what pioneer press or anyone else thinks, I care about what I think. Job growth, equality, fulfilling needed campaign promises.

Glad you brought up campaign promises.

[DrJill]

It's just kind of funny how the Dem's jump all over Mills for coming from a family of wealth, but not say a word about Gov Goofy and where he came from!

Might have something to do with their different positions in re tax rates.

Both are rich, but only one thinks he deserves tax cuts.