A tale of two states: Republican and Democrat. (wage, salary, Reaganomics)

[jojajn]

Three years ago, WI elected a Republican governor (Scott Walker) with a Republican Legislature pledged to implement the anti-tax, anti-union, and least-government approach.

MN elected a DFL governor (Mark Dayton) whose slogan was "tax the rich," and in 2012 it gave his DFL party control of the Legislature.


How do these two states compare today?

Three years into Mr. Walker’s term, Wisconsin lags behind Minnesota in job creation and economic growth. As a candidate, Mr. Walker promised to produce 250,000 private-sector jobs in his first term, but a year before the next election that number is less than 90,000. Wisconsin ranks 34th for job growth....

Scott Walker's Wisconsin vs. Dayton's Minnesota: Which is doing better? | MinnPost

[Father Of Four]

Not a surprise. Good for Minnesota. They seem to have a trend of electing good candidates. I mean this is the state that elected Jesse Ventura as Governor so its nice to see them continue that trend.Walker has been busy making sure workers don't have the right to fight back against big corporations while Minnesota has invested in Education and Taxing the highest wage earners rightfully so.

[smalltownblues]

Cool. So Democrats should run on a platform of pure liberalism. Why don't they? I mean, all they'll do is revolutionize the country and make it totally awesome, right? Instead, they always run to the right (other than Walter Mondale, of course, and he got destroyed so badly that nobody ever heard of him again).

[Father Of Four]

Dayton gained national attention in 1982 during his unsuccessful U.S. Senate campaign against Republican Party incumbent David Durenberger. He defeated former U.S. Senator Eugene McCarthy in the Democratic primary, and the general election became the one of the most expensive in state history.[3] Dayton campaigned as a populist in opposition to Reaganomics and famously promised "to close tax loopholes for the rich and the corporations—and if you think that includes the Daytons, you're right."[3] After his defeat, Dayton returned to the Perpich administration until his election as Minnesota State Auditor in 1990.[2]

I like that about taxing his own company correctly so. This guy on ANYONE'S radar as a potential 2016 candidate?

[Father Of Four]

While in the Senate, Dayton donated his salary to fund bus trips for seniors to buy cheaper prescription drugs in Canada.[13] He generally voted with his fellow Democrats.[14]

I like this guy!

[EmeraldCityWanderer]

No surprises here.

[ChrisC]

Originally Posted by smalltownblues

I mean, all they'll do is revolutionize the country and make it totally awesome, right?

Yeah, totally awesome... if you want the government to run every godam aspect of your life. No thanks.

[Father Of Four]

Only thing I see I dislike is his refusal to allow medical marijuana and his allowing homosexual marriage.

[smalltownblues]

Oh, by the way, what these two liberals neglected to tell everyone was that the original article in the New York Times -- which glowingly lavished praise on Minnesota -- waited until the end of the article to say:

"As for fiscal policy, Mr. Dayton would have applied sales taxes more broadly, while lowering their rates, but faced intense protests from a broad section of businesses and Democratic legislators who blocked him.

Even after tempering their initial plans, Democrats face a backlash. According to a recent Minnesota Chamber of Commerce survey, a quarter of Minnesota companies — a 10-year high — describe the state’s business climate as worse than elsewhere. Mr. Dayton and his colleagues got the message and are likely to roll back new sales taxes on farm equipment and warehousing facilities that had threatened to leave."

[EmeraldCityWanderer]

Originally Posted by ChrisC

Yeah, totally awesome... if you want the government to run every godam aspect of your life. No thanks.

Where in MN does the government run every single aspect of people's lives.

Please, enlighten us.