MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE

At the end of June the Minnesota State government is going to run out of money. Well not really. The Governor and the Legislature are at an impasse on how to proceed. The Governor wants to raise taxes on the richest two percent. The legislature wants to cut spending. The two bodies aren’t able to come together for the benefit of the people in the state. However the Republicans legislature has it all figured out. They plan to keep getting paid while they put thousands of people out of work, great bunch of people. Whether you agree with either of these competing agendas the idea of government is to serve the people, all the people to the best of your ability. Not to serve a political agenda, disregarding the people. To give you an idea of how the Republicans think. I was at the State Capitol earlier this year. In a meeting with one of the state legislatures the topic of jobs came up. She stated that government jobs are really not real jobs. There is no way to reason with someone like that. For the sake of the people the public employees (the state legislators) have to get over their goofy and sometimes mean spirited ways, and do what is right for the whole state.