“Anoka County Conservative Examiner”, writing at Examiner.com, does a detailed takedown of Dayton and Kelliher’s “plans” for the economy.
The whole things is essential; go and read it, please. I could pullquote nearly every paragraph, and maybe sometime soon here I will.
But I cut to the conclusion:
Looking back at the chart showing the most productive companies in Minnesota, how would [Dayton and Kelliher’s] policies help prosper Minnesota business? Another proposal by Dayton is to enforce preference to Women-owned, Minority-owned, and Veteran-owned businesses. Why would a special preference be needed and implemented, when organizations should be judged on performance of the free market economy? Creating additional bureaucracy with the forced “Star Cities for Economic Development” program where mayors, city councils, chambers of commerce, and other civic leaders would be forced “in their efforts to attract new and expanding businesses in their communities.”
That’s the way to prosperity; force people to prosper!
According to the Minnesota Progressive Project,” Minnesota Republican Gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer and his fellow Republicans have one real goal with our economy, which is to “Reduce salaries so that corporations can make larger profits. I call this the Wal-Martization of our economy”. It would seem reasonable to argue that this particular blogger has failed to use critical thinking.
Perhaps ACCE has never dealt with MPP before.
Here’s the big finish:
Dayton and Kelliher have failed to add new insight or substantive ideas to fix the Minnesota economy; in fact, their ideas have nothing to do with how a basic business model functions, and may further harm the Minnesota economy with more dysfunction.
I already said “go read the whole thing”. Don’t make me beg.
“Another proposal by Dayton is to enforce preference to Women-owned, Minority-owned, and Veteran-owned businesses.”
A few days ago our local paper carried an ad by the State Dept. of Labor and Industrial Relations urging employers to give employment preference to veterans.
At the bottom of the ad, in fine print, was the notice that the State Dept of Labor and Industrial Relations was an equal opportunity employer.
That jumped out at me as well, Terry. Whatever happened to “equal protection under the law”? The cynical side of me says “obviously, women and minorities are more equal than others. The veteran inclusion is a naked attempt to portray “bipartisanship” so conservatives/Republicans can’t come back and say “Sir Robin is owned exclusively by liberal special interests.””
That’s the way to prosperity; force people to prosper!
The beatings will continue until morale improves!
The Big Mak, Trust Fund Mark, (who am I?; why am I here?) Entenza plans continue to be more of the same liberal-progressive baloney we’ve put up with for years from the Dems!!! This is the same spend, tax, spend, tax, spend, tax, on and on, kind of crap that has gotten us in the ever deepening hole we are now in. They don’t have real plans, they’re utterly clueless.
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It’s my understanding legislation was passed guaranteeing returning veterans an interview for any State of Minnesota position for which
they are deemed qualified by that agency’s human resources department. How is this fair and not discriminatory to other veterans and non-veterans with so many unemployed people competing for so few good public or private jobs particularly in outstate Minnesota? The State of Minnesota has not considered veterans as a protected class for years. Did I read somewhere that there are financial incentives for private employers to hire veterans? Both are wrong IMO. We desperately need political agendas that are focused on a common sense real job creation plan for all Minnesota citizens; not just a select few in order to win votes and alienate the rest of Minnesota’ unemployed citizens.
Farmgirl, we sometimes forget that there are people who tried to join the military but were turned down for health reasons. I know one fellow in this position. Little bit of heart arrythmia & there goes his chance for job at the post office.
If the gov’t gave preferential treatment to vets, but did not allow women into the military, you’d never hear the end of it.
But vets deserve some privileges, I guess. What annoys me to no end is the orwellian perversion of language. Last week my Senator, speaking of the Native Hawaiian sovereignty bill, said that if it passes hawaiians will be treated equally for the first time in over a century; in fact Hawaiians are currently treated the same as any other American. The Akaka bill gives them extra, race-based privileges not extended to non-Hawaiians.