"Does your father know the governor?"
--Callie Scheffer (Joe Somebody)
Minnesota's government has commenced a partial shutdown after failing to come to terms with a $5 billion budget shortfall. The interesting thing here is that the governor who called for the shutdown is a Democrat. He did so after not being able to come to a deal w/ GOP legislators over taxes and other issues.
This seems an obvious game of chicken. The governor hopes to paint Republicans as bad guys for not budging. However, state workers that are getting furloughed are likely Democrat partisans who could turn on the governor if they lose their meal tickets.
More standoffs are in the wings as state coffers run dry. Let's hope that enough state legislators have the backbone to stand strong in the face of mob pressure.
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Of course that's the difference between state budgets and the federal government's. States cannot create fiat money out of thin air to pay bills.
~Doug French
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