Liberal policies turn Minnesota into a hellscape (or not)

http://mic.com/articles/111424/2-ye...h-here-s-what-happened-to-minnesota-s-economy

Meanwhile, how is Wisconsin doing? And guess which of the two states' governors is running for President? Right, the one who tanked his state's budget.

 

The Body didn't have time to bleed and that's were the two started different paths.

Plus Minnesota's economy is based more around service sector jobs, and Wisconsin's around manufacturing which still hasn't recovered in this country.

 

more examples of liberal policies working: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/27/us-usa-chicago-swaps-idUSKBN0LV26020150227

 

exactly. show me a state governed by democrats for more than a decade and i'll show you a fiscal shitshow.

 

the northeast and california are the biggest fiscal disasters in the country, even with enormous populations and tax bases.

 

It is fascinating that the reaction to this article is not to demonstrate examples of Republican success.

 

you are welcome: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jul/29/republican-states-balancing-their-budgets/

 

there is almost no information in that opening article. They've taken a two year period and tried to pin the outcome on the policies in the intervening period. Most of the policies weren't even enacted until much later.

I don't get this. Every analysis of this nature two years into Obama was ridiculed due to the lack of context.

Platitude based economic analysis is crap. Show me the underlying structural reason this worked and tell me about the long term.

 

ip's on the ropes! swing low, ip! get out of there!

 

Compare liberal California to conservative Texas.

 

Already done...

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why can't it be about poor fiscal and economic policy? Min wage is terrible policy, but they're holding it up as a linchpin in the success here. It's just silly. When a guy is citing that as an example, he's probably a moron (read: a dude with journalism degree trying to write about economics).

 

http://www.cnbc.com/id/102473872

 

So you don't have any complaints about an article from 2011 lauding recoveries in states relative to 2009? Neat.

 

There are no ropes at the 8th maxim. Battle rages without boundaries. It is more of a Captain Kirk vs the Gorn scenario:

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They put Al Franken in office. That's all you need to know.

 

At least 600 economist morons feel otherwise: http://www.epi.org/minimum-wage-statement/

Department of Labor disagrees: http://www.dol.gov/minwage/mythbuster.htm

Observation disagrees: http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs...eation-in-states-that-raised-the-minimum-wage

 

my god man. how many ****ing studies do I have to post before you realize raising it doesn't do shit to the poverty level? I must be at least 2 dozen.

 

My issue with minimum wage is that it hurts marginal workers the most. Those with the fewest skills will be priced out of the work force, because it would be illegal to pay them at their production value.

 

it's a bunch of people starting off in jobs (part timers, students, recent hs grads) and then drug addicts / losers who can't keep a job. anyone with a modicum of work ethnic rises above the minimum wage with 12 months of taking a position.