Stuff like this in paper gets me off to a crabby start. So much so that I’m breaking my rule against blogging on the bus, and blogging from my stupid iPhone thingie. Regarding the vote last night to approve giving $500M in free money to America’s most successful entertainment francise and a New Jersey based bazillionaire. Ms. Rosen had this to say:
;‘It seems like we’re hanging [the Vikings] upside down and trying to get all the loose change out of their pocket,’ said a frustrated Sen. Julie Rosen, R-Fairmont, the chief Senate stadium author. ‘We just keep smacking them around.’ “
Seriously? If she thinks saving ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS is loose change and she’s supposed to be steward of my tax dollars she needs to be fired at once because box or rocks doesn’t even begin to describe how irresponsible and frankly stupid this woman is. And she’s a Republican, they’re supposed to be against this sort of thing.
And by-the-f’n way, if the Vikes decide this deal isn’t sweet enough, half a billion in free cash being loose change, will those purple shirt goofballs who screaming and whining has drowned out the 62% of MN voters who are against this, will these folks FINALLY agree that the NFL doesn’t give a rip about them until they give up tax dollars? And will they be pissed at the NFL for once, or is still the fault of Minnesotians who are against massive corporate subsidies? Just asking the question.
BTW lost in Senator Rosens lame statement, please don’t forget we’re still handing over, gratis, for nothing, ONE HALF BILLION in public tax dollars.
And while were in the spending mood we also voted to spend $44M to start renovating the State Capital. Vikes get their house, we want one too. I don’t think we can afford a new state capital, God knows theres a lot of empty office space in town that could house state government. Seriously, tear it down, it was built in 190 somthing or other. Other states have newer more modern buildings. I say let the government move to LA. We’d all be better off here!</
The state trying to fund the money through gambling is like trying to buy a house and telling the loan officer you plan to pay back the loan payment with future gambling earnings. The banks would be nuts to allow that…but the way the banks are doing business these days…well, that’s a whole other idiot issue!
I implored (through emails) the State representatives of Minnesota to be responsible to the needs of MN and put crucial public functions first. But what the heck, with idiots like Governor Dayton and Senator Julie Rosen around we can’t expect common sense or responsibility to avail. I didn’t even get a reply back from most of the people I emailed, including Gov. Mark Dayton. The only talent they possess is convincing other house representatives and senators to forget about the people of MN and the fact that we are going through the worst economic times since the great depression and think about the fun we will all have watching some stupid game. That’s worth throwing away a half a billion dollars of the people of MN money!