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To: microgood
He should ignore the judge.

Absolutely! Minnesota isn't allowed to operate in a deficit. Pawlenty shouldn't ignore the ruling. He should just say, "No."

77 posted on 12/30/2009 7:42:59 PM PST by stevem
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To: stevem
After reading the actual Order, I believe that some of you may be letting your (our) ideology get in the way of the facts. The Judge's Opinion, although slathered with liberal-speak, appears sound - once Pawlenty has signed a bill into law authorizing a program, he cannot then use the unallotment process to not fund it, as it's nothing more than a backdoor veto. If he doesn't want to fund a program, he must veto that program from the bill, or the entire bill itself.

The issue hinges upon the language of the statute Pawlenty was relying upon - he can exercise this power only in situations where the budget deficit was not anticipated. Here, it clearly was. Nice try on his part.

78 posted on 12/30/2009 8:25:42 PM PST by GreatOne (You will bow down before me, Son of Jor-el!)
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