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Written by Phil Krinkie   

These days when we think of “bailout,” we think of the federal government rushing in to save a private business from collapse.

The rationale given for these taxpayer-funded bailouts is that the company is “too big to fail.” While this philosophy may hold some validity in the minds of some economists for Fortune 500 companies or major financial firms, it doesn’t hold water for city governments.

The state of Minnesota has its own bailout bill moving through the Legislature right now—H.F. 2922, authored by Rep. Paul Thissen, DFL-Minneapolis. It’s a bill that would bail out the Minneapolis Employee Retirement Fund to the tune of $694 million over 19 years.

Last Updated ( Thursday, 15 April 2010 08:10 )
Read more: Just Another Minnesota government bailout
 
Sleight-of-hand at the end of the 2010 session -- and a missed opportunity PDF Print E-mail
Written by Phil Krinkie   
Tuesday, 25 May 2010 15:40


The Legislature failed this session to capitalize on a chance to help change the lives of many low-income and minority students in Minnesota.

I think it's a shame -- and I think I know why it happened.

Minnesota has one of the largest academic achievement gaps in the country. The achievement gap is a measurement of how minority student test scores compare with the scores of non-minority students.

This gap in educational outcomes is a major problem that's been the source of great concern to many in Minnesota policy circles; it's also for many years been the subject of numerous articles and suggested methods to close the learning difference between white and minority students.

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 25 May 2010 15:55 )
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Written by Emily Nesse   
Wednesday, 18 August 2010 16:39

Mark Dayton: The Tax Man should face tax reality

by Phil Krinkie

With all the news channels running fact checks on the validity of campaign ads that have bombarded our TVs, I thought it was time to run a campaign reality check on DFL candidate for governor, Mark Dayton. Not so much to measure the true vs. false, but rather the actual potential for effective execution.

Do I believe that Dayton wants to “tax the rich” and increase personal income taxes by $4 billion? Yes, I believe that’s true.

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 18 August 2010 16:41 )
Read more: Tax Man Should Face Reality
 
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Written by Phil Krinkie   
Monday, 10 May 2010 12:16

In January 2007 when Rep. Margaret Anderson Kelliher , DFL-Minneapolis, assumed the post of speaker of the House, the second most powerful job in state government, the state budget outlook was positive—the state budget forecast projected a $2 billion surplus for the next two-year cycle.

With this rosy economic picture, even the Minneapolis liberal could proclaim: “The Democratic House Caucus is fiscally conservative and does not plan any major tax increases.”

During her first year as House Speaker, we saw spending increases of $6 billion.

Last Updated ( Monday, 10 May 2010 12:31 )
Read more: Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher— four years of budgeting failures
 
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Wednesday, 17 March 2010 09:48

Please mark Saturday, May 8 for the 2010 Tax Cut Rally! Thousands will be gathering together on the upper and lower mall of the Minnesota State Capitol in support of tax cuts.

Click here to visit the official website of the 2010 Tax Cut Rally!

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 17 March 2010 12:38 )
 
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