37 in MN legislature have signed Grover Norquist's pledge ..

[spedtr90]

...to "solemnly bind themselves to oppose any and all tax increases". One is house speker Kurt Zellers. I did not know until today that this "pledge" stuff was also going on at the state level. So there's the problem - they need to get over Grover and uphold their oath of office. Republicans should be outraged...but they're not.

http://sundisinfect.blogspot.com/2011/07/grover-nordquist-hall-of-shame.html


Just so we’re clear where the “drown government” groups are going…and the twisted irony is they want to use government money (vouchers in this case) to get there:
“We think public schools should go away,’’ says Teri Adams, the head of the Independence Hall Tea Party and a leading advocate — both in New Jersey and Pennsylvania — of passage of school voucher bills. “Our ultimate goal is to shut down public schools and have private schools only, eventually returning responsibility for payment to parents and private charities.”

[daggahead]

1. I think Pawlenty pledged something like this ...

... when he was governor, but he increased "fees" on certain items rather than calling them taxes.

[jwirr]

11. Added a co-pay to medical programs and drugs. That wasn't a tax

either as long as you are living in a fantasy world.

[geardaddy]

2. They don't give a shit about

us peons in MN. They don't support MN's constitution at all. Only their wealthy backers.

Fuck 'em!

[glinda]

5. yuppers

[hifiguy]

3. If there was ever anyone who should be

drowned in the bathtub it is that loathesome shitweasel Norquist.

[geardaddy]

4. and the MN Norquist wannabes

Strom and Krinke.

I hate them.

[glinda]

6. funny!

[fascisthunter]

7. These sick ideological fanatics are destroying America

[glinda]

8. If someone would just explain the totally warped logic in their thinking to the public.

[rurallib]

9. Who in the fuck is Grover Norquist and why does he have so much power?

I am convinced that any and all meetings between legislators and any type of lobbyist should be subject to open meetings laws and should be recorded.

[spanone]

10. so how do they expect to finance their phony baloney jobs?