"Liberate Minnesota"

[vakkotaur]

No, not a war protest. A tax protest at the state capitol yesterday. There were signs that read "Liberate Minnesota" and "Cut spending now" there. This was in support of Governor Pawlenty and his stand of not raising taxes.

The interesting thing is that this event, organized by the Minnesota Taxpayers League, was on a weekday, unlike all previous MTL events. This was done so that legislators would actually see them for once. Why wasn't this done before? Because, unlike so many other demonstrators, these folks actually work and had to take time off from their jobs.

Despite the complete (and hardly unexpected) absence of DFLers, this does show that their view is not the sole view of the public. And the DFL budget proposal? Oh, that's right. There still isn't one. I find that rather telling.