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The people aren’t stupid.

This boils down to one party who wants to spend the money the state has coming in, which represents a 6% increase from the last budget, and the other party (the democrat governor) who wants to spend $1.8 billion more than that and raise taxes to do it.

And what’s worse, he still hasn’t said why he needs that extra money or what he would spend it on. He’s nuts. But we all know that.

Here’s what I would like to see the Republicans do. Submit a budget with more spending cuts than ever. Call the press and announce that this is the “emergency, get everyone back to work budget to end the shutdown.” Paint it as doing all you can to get it to pass, and you hope, HOPE the guv will sign it. Make it look like you are trying as hard as you can to end the shutdown and it is all up to Gov. Dayton, now, he has the budget and the ball is in his court. If he vetos it, repeat with even more severe budget cuts.

This is what the people of Minnesota voted for. They're like the people of California in wanting their cake and eating it too. They elected Democratic nominee Dayton as their Governor knowing that he wanted to raise their taxes rather than reduce state spending, at the same time they elected a Republican legislative majority knowing of the GOP promise to cut spending rather than raise taxes.

Deadlock between Minnesota's "I promise to keep spending even if it means raising taxes" Governor, and it's "We promise to cut spending rather than raise taxes" GOP legislative majority is the obvious and natural result of the people of Minnesota voting for two impossible things at the same time.

They deserve this.

Freepers shouldn't come unglued at politicians keeping the promises they make during elections. That is a good thing.

Maybe the people of Minnesota will wise up and maybe they won't, but they got want they voted for. I live in California and the voters here are a lot worse. Most Californians firmly believe they can vote themselves into paradise without paying for it. This has been proven in election after election here.

If the people of Minnesota really don't like this, they can change it in the next election. That's what America is all about.