Vicky:The plan is to CUT SPENDING. Here is a different version of the same question: You child wants a bigger allowance, and a lifetime commitment. Your income has been dwindling and your expenses increasing. What would you do? A) Beg your mother for money to meet your child's demands? B) Borrow money that you cannot repay to meet your child's demands? C) Explain to your child that the answer is NO, at least for now. Governor Pawlenty and Peter Bell have chosen option C. Peter Schmitz: Pawlenty and Bell then need to explain why public transit can't get an increase in allowance when the Governor can find a billion dollars to build 2 private sports stadiums that the majority of Minnesotans don't want subsidized with public money. Their position is immoral, and like the transit union (which isn't immoral, just stupid), they're showing a reckless and callous disregard for poor people. -----Peter Schmitz Downtown Saint Paul ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
