Posted on 01/16/2009 12:32:22 PM PST by Scott Martin
Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty is pushing a plan to slash Minnesota's corporate tax, a plan that would immediately place Pawlenty in the upper-tier of 2012 Republican presidential hopefuls, if implemented. His name would immediately join the likes of Sarah Palin, Bobby Jindal and Mitt Romney.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) used his State of the State address Thursday to urge state lawmakers to cut Minnesota's corporate tax rate in half.
"Today, I'm proposing that we cut Minnesota's business tax rate in half," said Pawlenty. "This means reducing the current 9.8 percent business tax rate to 4.8 percent over the next six years. This will take us from having one of the worst business tax rates in the country, to having one of the best. It will help us keep and attract more jobs."
Given that the state of Minnesota has never met a business it didn't want to punish, one would have to assume a difficult road ahead. But Pawlenty has shown that he seeks the national stage, and this would help cement him as a top conservative in an unfriendly environment for conservatives.
Skeptics might suggest that Pawlenty is hyping a proposal that he knows has no chance...
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I'll pass on him.
What’s this, a glimmer of good news? Thanks, I needed that!
If that bufoon can’t keep Franken out he’s no good to any Republican !!
No more RINOs.
Been there, done that, lost big.
F’gettaboutit.
He’s the weakest and most uninspiring candidate of the bunch. If he runs I’ll bet he’s the media’s pick. He just conservative enough to be acceptable but will get trounced in the general election.
Cut the corporate tax rate in half, in the most liberal state in America, and that RINO behavior? Please.
No. More. RINOs.
After the “leadership” he exhibited in the recent fraudulent election for the Senate, Pawlenty should focus on dog catcher jobs, as he’s toast.
The MSM continues to successfully push RINO’s as conservatives with no end in sight! The MSM is doing all that they can do to increasingly weaken the entire GOP even more by giving plenty of attention to RINO’s over conservatives, and this is a non-stop goal of the MSM.
BARF: Isn’t this guy a RINO in most respects..!
APPARENTLY: The Gop has learned nothing.
Has Pawlenty done ANYTHING to stop Franken’s theft of the election? Where has he been on the reaming of Coleman by ACORN and the Sec. of State?
To quote Joan Crawford .... NO MORE WIRED RHINO’S!!!!!!
I’ve read that the SEIU was actively campaigning for Franken, also. The SEIU is a direct offshoot of ACORN and was originally started to unionize the illegals. but grew to include many government contract workers.
Yes, the SEIU is just a Union representing socialized workers who promote the socialist ideas and candidates. The newest ‘stimulus’ package includes about a billion dollars to fund ACORN and other socialist-agenda groups, which is what they wanted in The Messiah (wealth redistribution for no reason other than they are “entitled”)
Ethanol,bio-diesel (schools were closed here today because of his bio-diesel mandates, the buses wouldn’t run),wind power, no smoking, cigarette “fees” (taxes)......
That’s our Tim!!!
Washington State has a school bus biodiesel mandate, too. I wonder how that worked out during the cold spell in December. Of course, schools were closed for Christmas most of the time.
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