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  • Just How Big Is The Deficit?

    Shut down the entire state government ($4.4 billion) Let all sex offenders out ($127 million) Cut all kids from health care ($139 million) Shut down 20% of nursing homes ($191 million) Eliminate "Meals on Wheels" to sen...
  • A Great Clinton Gaffe

    HILLARY IS OFF TO AN EVEN BETTER START THAN GEITHNER   My DC-insider friend "Mick Danger" says of this pathetic gaffe by Hillary Clinton, "Imagine the overdone uproar if some Republican Secretary of state had flubbed this!" S...
  • So Collin Peterson Wished He'd Voted "YES"?

    “I am determined to do whatever I can,” Peterson said. “I’m not going to be very popular. I’m already not very popular on Wall Street.” Without passing the federal stimulus bill, Peterson added, things could have been ...
  • I Am Sorry Hank Paulson

    I am one who has held out support for fixing the banking system since the crisis broke out last year in full force.   In my college days our professors had those of us majoring in economics do some historical study on the Gre...
  • DFLers Education Cuts Offer Public Relations Nightmare

    The DFL has been under attack for not coming out with a budget solution of their own.  Today in an effort to quiet the criticism they have come out with a budget solution of their own.  The centerpiece of this budget fix is a one billion dollar ...
  • Putting A Price On Privacy

    From today’s Politico … EFCA sponsors got $1.7m each from labor The nonpartisan watchdog Center for Responsive Politics reports that the main Democratic sponsors of the Employee Free Choice Act -- Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.) and Sen. Tom ...
  • Legislators Gone WIld: Otremba Signs Off On Hemp Legislation

    It can be made into paper, rope, food, biodegradable plastic and even low-carbon concrete, but in Minnesota it is illegal to grow hemp. A bipartisan group of legislators is hoping hemp production will be a boon to Minnesota farmers and manufacturers as de...