To listen to Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton tell it, you would think that the American Revolution was led by Marxists. Sheesh!
Too bad Mark Dayton isn’t running for national office. Otherwise, I’d love to see Chris Wallace ask Dayton the “flake” question after Dayton’s explanation of the American Revolution to Minnesotans last week, an explanation that went largely unnoticed. Minnesota’s governor has shut down state government in an effort to force the Republican-led legislature to hike taxes on the wealthy in a state that’s already ranked 43rd in the nation for tax climate, and attempted to justify this stand by hearkening back to our forefathers:
It is significant that this shutdown will begin on the 4th of July weekend. On that date, we celebrate our independence. It also reminds us that there are causes and principles worth struggling for – worth even suffering temporary hardships to achieve.
Our American Revolution was very much about fair and just taxes, where the middle-class was over-taxed while the very rich went tax-free. In the absence of fair taxes, the basic services people relied upon for their health and well-being were denied them.
Er … riiiiiiiight. The American Revolution, led by wealthy landowners and businessmen like John Hancock, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and the rest of the moneyed class revolted against the Crown for forced redistribution of wealth via government. Damn the History Channel for not covering this aspect of the Revolution!
So, is the governor REALLY that stupid? Or is he just assuming that Minnesota voters are that stupid? Either way, he wins our Marxist Moron of the Day Award
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Dave C
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Does the phrase DFL ring a bell?
I do believe it does
Unfortunately, he is that stupid. He proved it as a senator and he’s proving it again as governor. I left the state when I was 21 and never looked back. I hate to say it but I get a sick pleasure living just west of the border in North Dakota. The people pulled the chain on the toilet by electing him and now I’m watching the swirly…from a state with a surplus and one of the lowest unemployment rates in the nation.
Makes you wonder how he ever made it this far
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Doug–name recognition. His family owns what was once known as Dayton’s Department stores which acquired the Target chain. The whole thing is known now as Target. He used a bunch of his money to get elected to office. First as Attorney General, then US senator, now governor. He has been a monumental failure in every office he has held. But name recognition and his lefty agenda is what gets him in office.
AH, but I thought only Republicans were rich…………