Its interesting to me that whenever Government is projected to have a deficit, there are talks of spending cuts, or even reductions in the growth rate of it, Democrats trot out the Police, firefighters, old people, and school kids to use as a backdrop to force Republicans to increase taxes. Every single time there is not bipartisan support to increase taxes, the Democrats rattle off the same laundry list of services that will be cut or people that will lose their jobs. Its like clock work.

Now there is political motivation for why they do that, but the point it, they claim to understand some basic business principles. The idea is that if you restrict the amount of revenue Government has available to it, that things will have to change. They will have to find savings or cut spending. They always go for the jugular of schools, seniors, and first responders.

Perpetual and permanent government growth is the Democrats Alamo. They know that if Americans and Minnesotans remember/”figure out” that they can get a better deal, have better choices, and more freedom and liberty through the private sector that their quest for absolute power over the lives of us is over.Its why they oppose any education reforms empowering parents to do what is best for their kids. Unions remove the ability for localities to cater their pay and benefits to meet the local market supply and demand. Its one size fits all, let us make this decision for you.

A eerily plausible fictional interpretation of what Democrats truly envision is part of the Atlas Shrugged movies. Part 2 includes Directive 10-289.

You see evidence of that in DFL State Rep. Ryan Winkler’s minimum wage proposal which prohibits businesses from reacting to Government actions. Take a look at his latest amendment to the Minimum wage increase which shines a light on the scary similarities between modern day Democrats and the Wesley Mouch of Atlas Shrugged.

“Large employer” means an enterprise whose annual gross volume of sales made or business done is not less than $625,000…”

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“No employer may take any action to displace an employee, including a partial displacement through a reduction in hours, wages, or employment benefits, in order to hire an employee at the wage authorized in this paragraph.”

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“EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.”

I’m no economist and we hire a bookkeeper, but chances are our modest 5 employee company fits Winkler’s “large employer” definition. Just as the SAFE Act and Wall Street bills were aimed at millionaires and billionaires, little mom and pop shops, doing good and honest work providing goods and services with nary a complaint, end up getting squashed under the same iron fist of bureaucrats and progressive do-gooders.

Case in point. Winkler’s law will prohibit companies from doing exactly what he says Government will be forced to do if taxes aren’t increased. People will be fired or as Obama says with Sequestration, government workers will be furloughed.

Somehow Government understands that it takes money for private employers to actually employ people, but it doesn’t care that higher taxes, mandates wage increases, and government red tape all make that harder to do. Just imagine if they had the self awareness to pretend that their sacred Government was a private business and they were the CEO. The roles reversed. They understand the economic of business, the problem is their business is Government.

I could go on, but the point is, isn’t it ironic that whenever spending cuts are mentioned, Democrats squeal like pigs, yet they call businesses and private citizens greedy and unpatriotic when they have a similar reaction to Government wanting to take more of their money away.

The White House released forecasts of what state budget line items they will cut if “Sequestration” happens this week. The fear mongering is designed to make Minnesotans think they will have to pay more to prevent cuts to carefully selected services. Obama(‘s auto pen) signed the Sequestration plan into place on New Year’s Day. This last minute fear mongering rings a little hollow to me since he has had 2 months to work with Congress to avoid this.

You will not hear the end of the cuts this week, but there’s far more dangerous budgeting happening closer to home. Please bear in mind that this is $85 Billion dollars out of a $3.8 Trillion budget. The idea that safetynet health insurance for the poor and firefighter jobs or whatever other tear jerking crowd of backdrop standings Obama can find … a pathetic excuse of leadership.

The homegrown version of Obamacare: The Minnesota Health Insurance Exchange” has a far more dangerous design flaw that will cost Minnesotans far more. Mark Dayton and Senate Democrats made this their very first agenda item this session. Senate File #1.

This program is so poorly designed that it has a $75 million donut hole each and every year. The fact is Government run programs require permanent funding to run. They are inventing a new system and this will require a whole new set of bureaucrats to administer the program. And please don’t lose sight of how this is simply to manage something almost every Minnesotan already has.

So while their is much thumping on their chests for what seems to add up to just $20 million is potential lost Federal monies, Democrats in Minnesota are trying to install an unproven, top down, and bloated bureaucracy to facilitate your health care.

Maybe we should be a little more concerned about where the rubber meets the road here in Minnesota, and not be distracted by some veiled threats from the White House.

Stand and Fight

Americans for Prosperity released their scorecard for Congress. Minnesota’s Democrats received a failing grade. LINK

NAME	STATE	DISTRICT	PARTY	CURRENT GRADE	LIFETIME GRADE
Sen. Al Franken	MN	D	6%	2%
Sen. Amy Klobuchar	MN	D	3%	2%
Rep. Michele Bachmann	MN	6	R	89%	96%
Rep. Chip Cravaack	MN	8	R	73%	73%
Rep. Keith Ellison	MN	5	D	19%	6%
Rep. John Kline	MN	2	R	68%	77%
Rep. Betty McCollum	MN	4	D	11%	4%
Rep. Collin Peterson	MN	7	D	32%	33%
Rep. Erik Paulsen	MN	3	R	68%	68%
Rep. Tim Walz	MN	1	D	9%	4%

Here’s a list of the issues they used to create the scorecard.

If President Obama spent half the time fixing the economy as he did campaigning….

Via the Emperor’s email:

So this Friday, February 22nd, Organizing for Action volunteers all around the country are participating in a Day of Action focused on one simple goal: get Congress to pass legislation to require universal background checks and remove loopholes.

There’s an event near you in Minneapolis – will you be there?

Here are the details:

What: Day of Action event in Minneapolis

Where: 300 Washington Ave SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455

When: Friday, February 22nd
2:00 pm

The President has already taken key steps, but Congress needs to act, and we need to demand it.

Requiring background checks for all gun sales is a common-sense solution that 92 percent of Americans, 89 percent of Republicans, and 74 percent of NRA members support. We’ve got to keep firearms from getting into the wrong hands — and this is a crucial first step.

Maybe some law abiding citizens should show up and infiltrate the movement to fundamentally transform America.

Because many of the ideas being proposed in Minnesota by the DFL are similar to those being proposed in other Democrat controlled states. Colorado’s Legislature is considering repealing their carry law. Here’s what one Legislator had to say to women who …. well, just listen and pray that Minnesota Democrats aren’t as misguided.

HT: Hotair

Follow the link to find out more on Rep. Salazar’s theory of how best to prepare to be raped…. Oh and more brilliant ideas from Democrats against guns from Washington where they want to allow Police to forcibly search your home for guns, with out a warrant.

They call it a whoops, but chances are the only mistake is we found out before they got the law passed.

We need to shed a light on the Democrat agenda being coordinated from sea to shining sea.

Brady campaign – Bloomberg’s Mayor’s – Soros – Uniform Legislative Commission – etc etc.

More info here.

Why is the Minnesota press not all over this?

You got to see Emperor Obama surrounded by men and women in badges along with the victims of gun crimes. The sad fact is I’m guessing here, but I bet 99% of the police officials on stage would prefer door to door confiscation of all firearms and a full blown ban on the sale of all firearms.

I think back to a Chief of Police I heard respond  to a question back when the Carry Permit and sale of fireworks laws were passed in Minnesota. “First they let ‘people‘ get their hands on fireworks, now they want to let them run around with guns.”

Yesterday’s campaign event wasn’t about common sense “enhancements” it was about the 2 Americas. One is for the elites who get to keep and bear arms, and surround themselves with the state of the art security And the other is for the rest of us where we will be left on hold with 911 while someone is breaking into our house to rob, rape, or remove our belongings because they said it was too dangerous to allow us to defend ourselves.

But what Minnesota’s left leaning media is not telling you, is that both of Minnesota’s US Senators are co-sponsors of Senator Feinstein’s gun grabbing bill. The bill has little chance of seeing the light of day, so the media here is making sure the outstate voters don’t accidentally get to see how liberal their US Senators actually are.

Amy Klobuchar & Al Franken are both co-sponsors to the most restrictive gun legislation in American history. But don’t take my word for it, just look at the title of the Bill that bears their names.

(Emphasis mine) This is the official Feinstein language.

A BILL

To regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes.

113TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Assault Weapons Ban of 2013’’.

Emphasis mine

Rybak plans effort to press gun and ammo makers on gun control

Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak said Wednesday that he and leaders of other cities across the country plan to meet with major U.S. companies that supply guns and ammunition to municipal police forces and press them to stop supporting efforts to block gun control.

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Rybak said the cities hope to learn whether the manufacturers “are working with us or working against us” to achieve gun control measures. He implied that cities would then make their weapons purchases accordingly. “I believe we should put our money where our mouth is,” he told the council committee.

Rybak said that about 60 U.S. cities will be part of the effort, and that he believed they can have some leverage, particularly with large cities like Los Angeles involved.