Regret For Those Who Left?

[xandrex]

Originally Posted by MNTroy

It's interesting to note the new taxes passed by the House and the Senate have not taken effect yet. Might that slow growth down a bit during the next year?

Also the state GOP wished they had this good news during the election. During 2012, the GOP controlled both the State House and Senate.

I don't think good news about the state's budget or other figures are going to wildly swing people one way or another. There are those who follow politics closely and those who don't. Most people fall into the second category. What do they care about? Pretty easy: their employment status, the health, and the quality of services (schools, hospitals, roads, parks, etc).

I follow politics and have my own biases, but I don't care if it's Republicans or Democrats in office...I want progress. I want a growing economy, healthy citizens, stable families, and educated kids (and adults, for that matter). While my vote skews one direction, I am not bound by the shackles of party ideology. Some Republican ideas work. Some Democrat ideas work. And each side has their own failures or general things I disagree with. But would good news in 2012 have made me more or less likely to vote for Republicans? The answer is no, and not the least of which because there was already good news about the Minnesota economy before November. We suffered less in the recession (and later), we recovered quicker, and we are making significant progress as other states are still mired in problems.

Nothing would have saved the GOP in November. This is still a blue-leaning state and the GOP majorities were a fluke of the mid-term elections fueled by a Tea Party surge.

[Drkness]

I miss Minnesota, My family decided that it was an good idea to move from MN to Chicago and then from Chicago to NY, Needless to say it was the worst. I'm actually considering going back as soon as i'm finished with school, MN is one of the greatest states i've ever lived in.

[sholomar]

Originally Posted by Beenhere4ever

Funny how some people HOPE for bad news. Like the national GOP HOPING the economy will turn sour so they can use that against Obama and the Democrats. News is never "good" for everybody.

It's not that I hope for bad news or want to blame it on any of the 'puppets' in the white house at any given time, I'm just tired of the funny money propping up the system and the games that go on.. you could say I want an honest economy with an honest banking system.

Funny money propping things up is not good for anybody. A good, honest shakeout of the phat and excesses of the system would have been painful, but would have been a healthier long term solution than bailing out the people who caused the problems, and thus we still have a highly over-leveraged and debt dependent system in place. One day it will snap, either with massive inflation, or a deflationary period of liquidation. Until then, I'd say I'm lucky to be in the situation I'm in and am not going to sit in the basement hurling warnings of doom like some do.. just live life, and watch it unfold as it does...

[Minntoaz]

No I don't regret leaving. We may end up there in a year for family and to get out of Arizona. Definitely not for the politics

[Beenhere4ever]

Originally Posted by Minntoaz

No I don't regret leaving. We may end up there in a year for family and to get out of Arizona. Definitely not for the politics

Wow, can't possibly understand how anyone can consider MN poltiics inferior to AZ politics. That place looks like a zoo. I got an earful from my brother who lived for decades in Mesa.