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Tim Pawlenty: Minnesota's Ronald Reagan?
Posted by:
ferfux
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Date: May 05, 2010 08:53AM
Pawlenty is among the least known of Republicans angling for his party's presidential nomination in 2012. He estimates that 75 percent of the GOP has no idea who he is. But he exhibits the confidence of a man holding at least a few aces.
If the problem is deficits, Pawlenty believes he is the solution. From 1960 to 2002, state spending in Minnesota increased by an average of 21 percent every two years. As governor, Pawlenty has held the growth of spending to just over 2 percent annually. Last year, he cut state spending in real terms -- the first time that has happened in 150 years. "We cut everything except public safety and K through 12 education," he says. "We changed the entitlement structure." All while moving Minnesota off the list of the top 10 most heavily taxed states.
Pawlenty is the successful conservative governor of one of the most liberal states in the union -- as if Ronald Reagan had been elected in Sweden.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/04/AR2010050404052.html?hpid%3Dopinionsbox1⊂=AR
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/05/2010 08:54AM by ferfux.
If the problem is deficits, Pawlenty believes he is the solution. From 1960 to 2002, state spending in Minnesota increased by an average of 21 percent every two years. As governor, Pawlenty has held the growth of spending to just over 2 percent annually. Last year, he cut state spending in real terms -- the first time that has happened in 150 years. "We cut everything except public safety and K through 12 education," he says. "We changed the entitlement structure." All while moving Minnesota off the list of the top 10 most heavily taxed states.
Pawlenty is the successful conservative governor of one of the most liberal states in the union -- as if Ronald Reagan had been elected in Sweden.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/04/AR2010050404052.html?hpid%3Dopinionsbox1⊂=AR
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/05/2010 08:54AM by ferfux.
Re: Tim Pawlenty: Minnesota's Ronald Reagan?
Posted by:
WashingTone-Locian
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Date: May 05, 2010 09:41AM
No. He's not Minnesota's Ronald Reagan.
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