Veep Wannabe and Corporate Tool Tim Pawlenty defends corporate welfare

[Minnesota Raindog]

These Rethuglicans sure sing a different tune when corporations are the ones slopping at the public trough, don't they? Timmy the Tool is crying the blues about a bill to end corporate subsidies in Minnesota:

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/03/19/paw_jobz/?rsssource=1

St. Paul, Minn. — State Rep. Ann Lenczewski, DFL-Bloomington, presented a bill in committee Wednesday that would repeal most of the state's corporate tax breaks.

It would also slash funding for JOB-Z, Pawlenty's top economic development initiative.

"The DFL just seems intent on raising a whole basketful of taxes on Minnesota taxpayers and Minnesota businesses," Pawlenty said, in an interview. "And I just think that's the wrong direction to go when the economy is struggling and people are struggling to pay their health care bills, their gasoline bills, their grocery bills."


But Timmy, the DFL isn't proposing to raise any taxes. They're just proposing to remove the tax SUBSIDIES from corporations to level the playing field. And what will that do to taxes for the rest of us? LOWER them. Isn't that how things are supposed to work in Republicanland, Timmy--lower taxes for all, let the free market work, without government intervention? So what's the problem?

If Timmy the Corporate Tool can give away millions in tax breaks to his bidness buddies in Minnesota, just think what he'd do as vice president with the entire federal treasury at his disposal!

[geardaddy]

1. This needs to get put on the Greatest Page.

K and R.

[dflprincess]

2. I believe Ann is the chair of the house tax committee.

This could go somewhere.

[Minnesota Raindog]

3. Yes, she is, and she has the respect of a lot of Republicans

Mainly because she acts like one sometimes. But I bet you're right and she bulldogs this one through. Then again, Democrats are often as bad as Republicans when it comes to corporate welfare.

[dflprincess]

4. Ann is my state rep and through the years we have had many

disagreements about her votes. But, since the DFL took control of the house, her voting record has improved dramatically. Ann has never been a fan of corporate welfare - including any the Mall of America might want (she opposed the stadium deal as well). They always try to sell that as being good for Bloomington and she has done a fine job of explaining why it's not - even when that's put her at odd with the building trade unions. I've always had to concede that she is awfully smart and she's never been a big panderer.