More Minnesota Economic Praise.

[Nice Squirrel]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/...k-liberal-perspe-0506-jm-20150505-column.html

So far, the test in Kansas of conservative economic principles has largely been a failure. As we read in the Tribune's Perspective section Tuesday, large tax cuts and other austerity measures in recent years intended to spur growth have instead resulted in swollen deficits, credit downgrades and public schools having to close early because they're out of money.

In contrast, the test in Minnesota of liberal economic principles has largely been a success. As we will read today, tax and spending increases in recent years have resulted in a budget surplus and a robust economic climate that's the envy of the state's Midwestern neighbors.

"Things are going really well in Minnesota," he said. "We have a lot of happy people here."

 

[ZiprHead]

Yur a bunch of fucking commies and your system will fail... some day.

 

[ksen]

Use some of the liberal goodness to make Minnesota's climate more like Florida's and I'm in.

 

[Nice Squirrel]

Use some of the liberal goodness to make Minnesota's climate more like Florida's and I'm in.

We only to the putrid swamp thing for two weeks a year.

 

[Nice Squirrel]

http://www.cnbc.com/id/102759561

#1 state for business.

Never since we began rating the states in 2007 has a high-tax, high-wage, union-friendly state made it to the top of our rankings. But Minnesota does so well in so many other areas—like education and quality of life—that its cost disadvantages fade away.

To some degree, Minnesota benefits from a trend that we have sought to reflect in our study this year. Rather than just seeking the lowest taxes or the highest incentives, companies are increasingly chasing the largest supply of skilled, qualified workers. So states are touting their workforces like never before, giving the Workforce category—where Minnesota finishes a respectable 13th—greater weight in our study.

But Minnesota doesn't just stumble into the top spot by accident. The state's path to the top is marked by a carefully crafted and still controversial strategy by Gov. Mark Dayton, the first Democrat to hold the office in two decades. The hallmark of his plan is something most governors seeking to win the hearts of business would never dream of: a big tax increase.

 

[Nice Squirrel]

HA HA Kansas:

Other big declines include Kansas, which falls nine spots into that 24th-place tie with New Mexico. What Gov. Sam Brownback had billed as a bold experiment in conservative economics—including big cuts in business taxes—has gone horribly awry, plunging the state into a full-blown budget crisis that required a big sales-tax increase to resolve. Proponents of the business tax cuts say the new policies need more time to work, but that doesn't help Kansas in this year's rankings.

 

[SimpleDon]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/...k-liberal-perspe-0506-jm-20150505-column.html

"Things are going really well in Minnesota," he said. "We have a lot of happy people here."

How many times do we have prove that tax cuts produce lower revenues, higher deficits and reduced government services, some of which have turned out to be quite important, things like infrastructure, health care and education? And that tax cuts don't boost the economy and create jobs, they just boost the income of the rich.

And why isn't this considered to be conservative bashing? Who else advanced these ridiculous, idiotic ideas? Who else continues to spout these ridiculous ideas as if in any way they constitute a rational way to govern?

I have discovered the way to cure America of this thirty five year infatuation with irrational political ideas. Ideas that seem to accomplish nothing except for increased income inequality, terrorist attacks, mistaken wars, financial market instability resulting in massive recessions, social unrest, increased poverty, etc.

I have solid statistical evidence that watching Fox News results in higher incidences of cancer, erectile dysfunction and alzheimer's disease among its viewers as compared to the viewers of the only other fake news programming available, Comedy Central's The Daily Show.

 

[Ford]

How many times do we have prove that tax cuts produce lower revenues, higher deficits and reduced government services, some of which have turned out to be quite important, things like infrastructure, health care and education? And that tax cuts don't boost the economy and create jobs, they just boost the income of the rich.

I guess it depends on your audience.


If you're talking to the folks who signed Grover Norquist's pledge, they already know that tax cuts produce lower revenues. That's the idea.

They already know that tax cuts produce higher deficits. This is intentional.

They want reduced government services and don't give a flying fuck about infrastructure, health care, or any other government spending - military excepted.

Creating jobs? That's the last thing on their mind. In fact they want fewer jobs. Lower labor costs. Lower wages. Lower benefits.


"Starve the Beast" is their goal at both ends.

 

[PyramidHead]

inb4 keynesianism becomes the topic of this thread!

 

[dismal]

What's strange to me is that given both states operate under the same federal laws one would be a prosperous socialist nirvana and the other would be a 3rd world randian hellhole.

What exactly are the specific differences in the state laws of Kansas and Minnesota that produce these wildly different outcomes?

 

[ksen]

 

[Nice Squirrel]

What's strange to me is that given both states operate under the same federal laws one would be a prosperous socialist nirvana and the other would be a 3rd world randian hellhole.

What exactly are the specific differences in the state laws of Kansas and Minnesota that produce these wildly different outcomes?

We worship different gods.

They follow the Xian god, who promotes isolation, poverty and obedience. We worship a Giant Blue Ox that promotes cooperation, creativity and good governance.

ETA: Is that ZARDOZ's head?