Comments on: DFL: Pawlenty’s parting gift to MN is instability http://mnpublius.com/2009/11/dfl-pawlentys-partying-gift-to-mn-is-instability/ Tracking Minnesota Politics Since 2005 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:23:18 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Don Huizenga http://mnpublius.com/2009/11/dfl-pawlentys-partying-gift-to-mn-is-instability/#comment-46457 Don Huizenga Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:02:38 +0000 http://mnpublius.com/?p=7120#comment-46457 Uh huh. And your point is? Uh huh. And your point is?

]]> By: Mockingbird http://mnpublius.com/2009/11/dfl-pawlentys-partying-gift-to-mn-is-instability/#comment-46402 Mockingbird Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:34:23 +0000 http://mnpublius.com/?p=7120#comment-46402 <strong>Its a GWB Brazilian!!!</strong> Pawlenty is merely applying the "Bush Razor!" This is the same - "make a mess & then get out of Dodge" that worked for junior. Its a GWB Brazilian!!!

Pawlenty is merely applying the “Bush Razor!”
This is the same - “make a mess & then get out of Dodge” that worked for junior.

]]> By: Mockingbird http://mnpublius.com/2009/11/dfl-pawlentys-partying-gift-to-mn-is-instability/#comment-46401 Mockingbird Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:31:29 +0000 http://mnpublius.com/?p=7120#comment-46401 You don't own a credit card, do you? You don’t own a credit card, do you?

]]> By: Pete http://mnpublius.com/2009/11/dfl-pawlentys-partying-gift-to-mn-is-instability/#comment-46385 Pete Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:52:53 +0000 http://mnpublius.com/?p=7120#comment-46385 Well, they certainly made a sound choice in the election YOU ran in, Don. Well, they certainly made a sound choice in the election YOU ran in, Don.

]]> By: Pete http://mnpublius.com/2009/11/dfl-pawlentys-partying-gift-to-mn-is-instability/#comment-46382 Pete Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:08:46 +0000 http://mnpublius.com/?p=7120#comment-46382 Just another pointless pontification that will go nowhere, like his idea to opt out of national healthcare. Just another pointless pontification that will go nowhere, like his idea to opt out of national healthcare.

]]> By: Randy http://mnpublius.com/2009/11/dfl-pawlentys-partying-gift-to-mn-is-instability/#comment-46380 Randy Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:40:26 +0000 http://mnpublius.com/?p=7120#comment-46380 It is too easy to amend the Minnesota Constitution. Since we're borrowing ideas from western states (isn't T-Paw's proposal based on the disastrous Colorado TABOR?), perhaps we could adopt one from Nevada. In Nevada, constitutional amendments are submitted to the voters for approval only after they pass two separate biennial legislative sessions. This takes away the temptation to amend the groud rules for he operation of the state on a current hot topipc, or as a means of gaining cred for a national political run. It is too easy to amend the Minnesota Constitution. Since we're borrowing ideas from western states (isn't T-Paw's proposal based on the disastrous Colorado TABOR?), perhaps we could adopt one from Nevada. In Nevada, constitutional amendments are submitted to the voters for approval only after they pass two separate biennial legislative sessions. This takes away the temptation to amend the groud rules for he operation of the state on a current hot topipc, or as a means of gaining cred for a national political run.

]]> By: DantheMan http://mnpublius.com/2009/11/dfl-pawlentys-partying-gift-to-mn-is-instability/#comment-46378 DantheMan Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:04:58 +0000 http://mnpublius.com/?p=7120#comment-46378 Alec and Lojasmo - We send representatives to Washington and St. Paul on our behalf to hammer out legislation and put the will of the people into action. You are right in that there is no way for every citizen to be versed enough on road construction, for example, to know which DOT projects for the upcoming year need to be prioritized higher than others. That is why we have representatives. This, however, seems to me to be a different category. We're setting a ground rule for how we'd like our state to operate. Predefining that our state government should never require more than X of our GDP to operate on, for example, is something every citizen could research, grasp, and weigh in on. Let the people set broad parameters for how <b>they</b> want <b>their</b> government to operate, and then let representatives determine the policy within that framework. Alec and Lojasmo -

We send representatives to Washington and St. Paul on our behalf to hammer out legislation and put the will of the people into action. You are right in that there is no way for every citizen to be versed enough on road construction, for example, to know which DOT projects for the upcoming year need to be prioritized higher than others. That is why we have representatives.

This, however, seems to me to be a different category. We're setting a ground rule for how we'd like our state to operate. Predefining that our state government should never require more than X of our GDP to operate on, for example, is something every citizen could research, grasp, and weigh in on.

Let the people set broad parameters for how they want their government to operate, and then let representatives determine the policy within that framework.

]]> By: lojasmo http://mnpublius.com/2009/11/dfl-pawlentys-partying-gift-to-mn-is-instability/#comment-46377 lojasmo Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:52:19 +0000 http://mnpublius.com/?p=7120#comment-46377 "I think most of us budget based on what we take in....no? " Average household credit card debt is $8,000 "I think most of us budget based on what we take in….no? "

Average household credit card debt is $8,000

]]> By: Don Huizenga http://mnpublius.com/2009/11/dfl-pawlentys-partying-gift-to-mn-is-instability/#comment-46376 Don Huizenga Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:49:07 +0000 http://mnpublius.com/?p=7120#comment-46376 No kidding. You just figure that out? Maybe we should just select a group of citizens who you feel are smart enough to vote for us all. No kidding. You just figure that out?

Maybe we should just select a group of citizens who you feel are smart enough to vote for us all.

]]> By: lojasmo http://mnpublius.com/2009/11/dfl-pawlentys-partying-gift-to-mn-is-instability/#comment-46375 lojasmo Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:47:47 +0000 http://mnpublius.com/?p=7120#comment-46375 Hey, I love the process. I'm just saying voters don't always make sound choices. They can clearly be manipulated, no? Hey, I love the process. I'm just saying voters don't always make sound choices. They can clearly be manipulated, no?

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