Huh???? If you are working 40 hours and are not getting by, go get a 2nd job. Does that sound insensitive? It is but that is where it’s coming to with me because I work 80+ hours a week for years. The state gets plenty from me already as I subsidize people’s poor decisions.

If you are reading this and didn’t work your butt off in high school and coasted, partially blame yourself. If you are reading this and didn’t research the right degree and coasted in college, blame yourself. I know there is a lot of people that were born in the wrong situation and were dealt a bad hand. But I grew up poor and got to where I am by WORK, taking risks, and persistence. All I am saying is IF you have done your very best then I predict you would have plenty of cushion in these difficult times. When my parents grew up that was called “savings” and it is now a foreign concept. Our sphincters are now being squeezed so tightly because we all made bad personal decisions NOT to save. If were living in an Asian society where people save, the recession would be much milder.

This may sound cruel but I see what is graduating in high schools and colleges and we are turning into a 3rd tier country that cannot compete. Solution: tax the piss out the producers who are driven to succeed??? Guess what. I can lay people off and coast though life. Keep on taxing me and I will lose my desire to work those 80+ hours a week. And I will do it out of spite. I’m not alone. Factory owners and businesses are thinking of closing shop. They have enough $$’s now from all of their hard work.

The bottom line. That evil Tim Pawlenty “gets it”. Businesses are leaving this state. Many of those “rich” people are self employed and can move. I and others have contingency plans in place. We have 8% unemployment and it is climbing. Yes. The Wall Street PIGS (with their greed) created a chunk of this mess as well as our corrupt politicians (in BOTH parties). But if you want to finish the job, go after those “rich” people who are motivated beyond the coasters. We too will turn into coasters as well so you won’t need to feel jealous anymore. Now look deep inside and take on some of the blame for why I have the stuff you secretly want!!! It’s called PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY.

Now go ahead and rationalize how wrong I am.

Taxes on the rich were reduced over the years that Pawlenty has been a powerful Republican and our system is now much more regressive than when he first ran for office.( He didn’t screw it up all by himself, Jessie and the Dems helped out!) What is clear is that we will either reduce and almost destroy MN to protect the rich from tax increases or we will raise taxes and make our tax system progressive and some(certainly not all) of the rich will squeal.

Those who will yell the loudest are the right wing Christian enemies of poor children and not necesarily the rich people of MN.

Put your money where your mouth is. Show by example and volunteer all your funds to help YOUR deficit!