{"id":34293,"date":"2013-02-15T07:39:19","date_gmt":"2013-02-15T13:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=34293"},"modified":"2013-02-15T07:39:19","modified_gmt":"2013-02-15T13:39:19","slug":"democrat-were-screwed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=34293","title":{"rendered":"Democrat: “We’re Screwed”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Even some DFLers – the thin film of them that actually have to manage things in the private sector – are figuring it out<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This piece has made the rounds; it’s from the San Fran Chronicle, in a piece that gurgitates a whooooole lotta Minnesota myths:<\/p>\n

“We’re screwed,” [Printing company owner Dik] Bolger said, if the tax goes through. His 79-year-old company competes nationwide and overseas for work with major brands like Chanel. “If you’re bidding for a $100,000 job on a national basis and tax expenses push you a couple of percent higher, then I’m not competitive.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And I’m hearing this from businesspeople – some political, some not, and mostly off the record – all over the place.<\/p>\n

For generations, Minnesotans lived out the progressive argument that high taxes and high services were what gave the state its fabled quality of life.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

One thing Minnesota Democrats never, ever get; the “Minnesota Miracle” – creating a high-tax, “high-service” system that actually prospers – depends on several factors:<\/p>\n