Editorial – A whole lot of spin over budget forecast
March 5, 2013 at 6:00 pm in Alexandria Echo Press
Oh, the spin.
Within minutes after the Minnesota Office of Management and Budget released the state’s February budget forecast Thursday, the e-mails and accusations were flying. Continue Reading
Wealth is not distributed, it is earned. Just as respect used to be earned, not mandated like today. We have removed the stigma from what used to be unacceptable behavior and actually subsidized the behaviors. Now, we have them crying for more taxes to grow more dependancy on government while they decide which laws they will enforce. The private sector has tightened their belts and now with cuts in the public sector pending, we hear of how tough it’s going to be on us with reduced “service” from our servants. Also, in order to attract quality employees we need to offer quality pay and benefits. Meanwhile, we got enough money to prop up windmills,solar panels and the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. Gov. Dayton has his money in South Dakota banks and we need to all do our part. You betcha.
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