{"id":84737,"date":"2023-12-22T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=84737"},"modified":"2023-12-22T10:18:21","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T16:18:21","slug":"draft-for-budget-forecast-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=84737","title":{"rendered":"A Christmas-Time Visit To The Ghost Of Democrat Victory-Dancing Past"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Let&#8217;s take a look back to last May.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I started this post at the end of the session, last May, amid the DFL was doing its endzone happy dance over having gotten their way on literally <em>everything<\/em> during the session, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s Rep Long &#8211; who in normal times one would be tempted to call &#8220;one of Minneapolis&#8217;s more annoying legislators&#8221;, but &#8220;progressivism&#8221; has lapped him a few times on that count:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today, the House, Senate, and Gov reached a budget deal that invests our historic surplus in our kids, our economy, our health, and our infrastructure!<br><br>Congrats to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/melissahortman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@melissahortman<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovTimWalz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GovTimWalz<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KariDziedzic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KariDziedzic<\/a> on this huge achievement! Gridlock is over. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/mnleg?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#mnleg<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Jamie Long (@Jamiemlong) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jamiemlong\/status\/1638350947339345920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 22, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>They sure loved to prattle on about &#8220;gridlock being over&#8221;, didn&#8217;t they?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <em>Strib <\/em>cheered on the home team!  Here was a rare photo from last year of Governor Walz not eating something:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Democratic Gov. Tim Walz and legislative leaders announced they have agreed to a spending framework that would increase the state&#39;s budget by nearly $17.9 billion over the next two years, seemingly using up all of Minnesota&#39;s surplus. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tvy8a56OHU\">https:\/\/t.co\/tvy8a56OHU<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The Minnesota Star Tribune (@StarTribune) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StarTribune\/status\/1638523168322371585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 22, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And here, one of them rejoices that the trains will run on time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m not sure people are grasping the significance of this moment.  You know how in mid-May reporters are usually camped out in front of the Gov\u2019s office, waiting for negotiators to come out and announce a budget deal? This is that deal. It\u2019s March 21st. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wUyu37dJxy\">https:\/\/t.co\/wUyu37dJxy<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Zack Stephenson (@zackstephenson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zackstephenson\/status\/1638347725715415040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 22, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Or something like that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This tweet caught my eye last spring &#8211; <em>someone <\/em>had a clue what was going on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">MMB Commiss Erin Campbell says outlook is mixed with a \u201cstructural imbalance that depletes the bottom line.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p4IrzNnD2O\">pic.twitter.com\/p4IrzNnD2O<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Rochelle Olson (@rochelleolson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rochelleolson\/status\/1732468274221219946?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 6, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, of course, the &#8220;surplus&#8221; (which wasn&#8217;t) is long gone.  There&#8217;s going to be a deficit in the next biennium, <em>even if <\/em>the economy hangs on.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All as predicted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A Look Ahead To The Ghost Of DFL Excuse-Making Future<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Budget deficit of $2.5 Billion Plus?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s take a look back to last May. I started this post at the end of the session, last May, amid the DFL was doing its endzone happy dance over having gotten their way on literally everything during the session, Here&#8217;s Rep Long &#8211; who in normal times one would be tempted to call &#8220;one [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,320,123],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-minnesota-politics","category-mndfl","category-taxes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=84737"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86699,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84737\/revisions\/86699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}