April 23, 2009: Legislative Report #58

2014 A Popular Year

A very disturbing trend is emerging in many bills introduced and or modified in the 2009 legislative session. Many appropriation bills, along with increased department funding bills, and bills expanding state government have an effective date of revenue year 2014 and later. My conclusion is, our current leadership, including Carolyn Laine, is intending to pass many laws in 2009 costing Billions of additional state tax increases after 2013. If the bills pass as written, Minnesotans are subject to untold, restrictions on personal liberties, and on the hook with billions of new taxes after 2013.  Even more insidious is how leadership incorporates bills together so no one legislature worries of being singled out for passing bad legislation. Carolyn Laine will come back to district 50-A, and boldly say she did her best. Following the status in Saint Paul is not doing her best; even greater concern is not voting with a “governance” stance of Constitutional Rule of Law.