now their state is one of the healthiest states budget-wise in the nation. Unemployment is down to 4% and there a surplus the state government which could be turned around to create jobs to help rebuild infrastructure. Oh and their minimum wage is going up to $9.50/hour.

If I had to move from Delaware and forced to live in either Kansas or Minnesota guess which state I would pick to live!

MN unemployment was reported -under- 4%, at 3.7% in March.

Walker was absolutely certain that WI would be pilfering jobs from MN with lower taxes. Mostly it hasn't gone that way.

Managing complex systems using simple 'obvious' ideologies works poort when the system response is actually counter intuitive to the ideology.

I mean that is totally unheard of in any economy to be that low. Pretty much if someone wants a job they are going to find one.

Sometimes I think I'd like to see Mark Dayton run for President. If he could do to the United States what he's done to Minnesota!

They know they have a good thing.

That's pure wealth redistribution but from the poor to the rich and it's not going to save the state's economy. In fact, it could make things worse by reducing consumption.

They will have to have school tax holidays so that the people can afford school supplies. Cities have to raise city and county taxes to make up for less state turn back funds. All this is happening because the states are not getting that much from the feds any more. Raising local taxes usually only raises the crime rate, which they are wanting to do for some reason.

I'd feel bad about it, but they're getting what they voted for.

No matter the issues.

The polling did not match the outcome.

Here's an article that the lady, Beth Clarkson, has had published in the Royal Statistical Society (UK). Unless you're up on statistical theory there's a lot of heavy reading, but the main ideas are clear: the alleged vote count just doesn't smell right, statistically speaking.

http://www.statslife.org.uk/significance/politics/2288-how-trustworthy-are-electronic-voting-systems-in-the-us

tax hikes for the regular family are coming.

Why not negate the previous tax cuts?

What!? And punish the rich?

Pleading, begging, crying...for more taxes that affect poor and middle-class.

Why worry about defunding universities when you are closing all of the public schools?

That man is a blight upon Kansas in particular and humanity in general.

But the poor and middle class was and is suffering in Kansas.

Brownback doesn't care because he sold his soul long ago.

There's a lesson here about electing fools and knaves to office.

... the actual horrific inhuman consequences of the unbridled conservative id
without any liberal counterbalance.

I think there must be some sort of glamor around the conservative ideology
that puts out a picture of the world that doesn't really exist, and the way
the ideology works makes people see what isn't there or else think it's right
around the corner if they're just -- conservative enough -- but enough is
never enough... and the people and the officials keep moving farther to the
right into cloud cuckooland.

I think Obama has fallen prey to this kind of magical thinking as well.

The average Republican voter hears tax cuts and starts jumping for joy. They don't understand that when they save $200 per year big corporations and the wealthy are saving millions. I think conservatives are basically cheapskates who want to pay zero taxes and yet get the benefits of living in our society.

to raise sales and cig taxes ..................
both are regressive