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Taking to the Internet this week before an impending crackdown by the state’s Supreme Leader, the chair of Minnesota’s Republican Party issued this urgent message:
Will you help the Republican Party of Minnesota without it costing you a dime? This past week, our Republican Governor Tim Pawlenty had to make the tough choice to balance Minnesota’s State Budget without raising your taxes. One of the choices he made due to the severe state budget restraints was to cut the Minnesota’s Political Contribution Refund (PCR) Program, as the State will no longer refund contributions received after June 30th, 2009. We are going to continue to fight the DFL, keep your taxes low, and support common-sense Republicans, like Governor Pawlenty, but we can’t do it without your support!
Similar messages went out from the DFL and Independence parties as well as a raft of DFL candidates — some seeking to replace Supreme Leader Pawlenty (Paw-len-TEE). But none had soon-to-be-deposed Republican Chairman Ron Carey’s task of seeking refundable donations while simultaneously praising Pawlenty and his summary execution of the program.
Here’s Carey’s email:
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Comment posted June 21, 2009 @ 10:05 am
This is written as though it is something new that Republicans can talk out of both sides of their mouth. They want lower taxes, but more spent on economic development, law enforcment and hunting. They want local control, except they want national constitutional amendments for things they want outlawed, such as abortion. This is just more of the same. We want and need your money, but the guy who’s going to make it IMPOSSIBLE for us to take back the legislature is a good guy.
Comment posted June 21, 2009 @ 11:07 am
One would think the GOP would be discouraging folks from using the PCR in order to help reduce the state’s deficit, and railing against government subsidies for political campaigns. But that would assume that Republicans are sincere about their efforts to reduce government spending. Only when it doesn’t come at their expense I guess.
Comment posted June 22, 2009 @ 10:37 am
Why wouldn’t the GOP use the rules in an effort to change the rules. Turns out that’s exactly what’s happened.
It’s not hypicritical to be a consumer of programs that are on the books, even if you don’t like them. If you don’t agree with them, get them changed. The best way to get this changed is to bankrupt it from overuse. Chalk another one up for the GOP as if this gets elimintated permanantly, they win. And if it comes back, expect them to push the use of it to the point of bankrupting it again. Eventually, the legislature will realize how stupid it is, but then again, maybe not.
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