Minn. governor signs budget, ends state shutdown

So, there is a pic with all these smiling politicians who finally did something. Too bad they couldn't have done their job right and avoided this whole fiasco to begin with.

"The full cost wasn't expected to be known for some time because the workers who could calculate it weren't on the job."

This statement sums it all up! Should tell us something about government.

What do you need a fishing license for, if the State won't sell you one, and the Game Warden is layed off?

So what the hell got solved??????

Next election time everyone write in Sponge Bob as your candidate...gotta be better than these crooks

THE TWO PARTIES ARE NOT WORKING FOR THE PEOPLE!

What a bunch of morons."The state lost millions of dollars in the shutdown, including lost revenue from lottery sales, tax audits and state park fees..."WHY would you close departments that are self-funding or raise more in revenue than they cost? You can continue to fund the ones that make more than they cost with the proceeds from the funds they raise. Keep your lottery running and pay the staff from the moneys raised. What's difficult about that? Keep ONLY the state parks open that have a favorable balance of trade and bring in more than they cost in operations and payroll expenses.The idiots in government just don't get it - most have never had to make a payroll in the private sector, and in fact, most aren't even qualified to run a #$%$ Dairy Queen.

I bet the states legislators all got their checks during this shutdown, right?

Now they can vote themselves a nice big pay raise for doing such a #$%$ poor job.

The two-party monopoly - again - working hard at getting nothing done. The juvenile posturing has cost the state....but that matters little to these dim-wits.

I am reposting this from a different source because I really think this is true.
545 vs. 300,000,000 People -By Charlie Reese
Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.
Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, WHY do we have deficits?
Have you ever wondered, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, WHY do we have inflation and high taxes?
You and I don't propose a federal budget. The President does.
You and I don't have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. The House of Representatives does.
You and I don't write the tax code, Congress does.
You and I don't set fiscal policy, Congress does.
You and I don't control monetary policy, the Federal Reserve Bank does.
One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one President, and nine Supreme Court justices equates to 545 human beings out of the 300 million are directly, legally, morally, and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country.
I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that problem was created by the Congress. In 1913, Congress delegated its Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally chartered, but private, central bank.
I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason. They have no legal authority. They have no ability to coerce a senator, a congressman, or a President to do one cotton-picking thing. I don't care if they offer a politician $1 million dollars in cash. The politician has the power to accept or reject it. No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the legislator's responsibility to determine how he votes.
Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con regardless of party.
What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall. No normal human being would have the gall of a Speaker, who stood up and criticized the President for creating deficits. The President can only propose a budget. He cannot force the Congress to accept it.
The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole responsibility to the House of Representatives for originating and approving appropriations and taxes. Who is the speaker of the House? John Boehner. He is the leader of the majority party. He and fellow House members, not the President, can approve any budget they want. If the President vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto if they agree to.
It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 million cannot replace 545 people who stand convicted -- by present facts -- of incompetence and irresponsibility. I can't think of a single domestic problem that is not traceable directly to those 545 people. When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise the power of the federal government, then it must follow that what exists is what they want to exist.
If the tax code is unfair, it's because they want it unfair.
If the budget is in the red, it's because they want it in the red..
If the Army & Marines are in Iraq and Afghanistan it's because they want them in Iraq and Afghanistan ...
If they do not receive social security but are on an elite retirement plan not available to the people, it's because they want it that way.
There are no insoluble government problems.
Do not let these 545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they hire and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts and advice they can reject; to regulators, to whom they give the power to regulate and from whom they can take this power. Above all, do not let them con you into the belief that there exists disembodied mystical forces like "the economy," "inflation," or "politics" that prevent them from doing what they take an oath to do.
Those 545 people, and they alone, are responsible.
Thumbs up if you agree.

This is a typical AP article that fails to provide details on the budget resolution. It borrows money from schools and from future payments on a legal settlement with tobacco companies to erase a $5 billion deficit through mid-2013" I did not know that schools had money to lend? So, they borrowed money secured by futurte tobacco payments? Does not sound like a structural deficit solution to me, just another can kicked down the road by both political parties. Nonsense.

Minnesota has poor roads and their infrastructure is in bad shape. Yet they're among the most highly taxes states in the country. Where the he!! is all of that tax money going??

The end of Democracy is when 51% of the people realize they can vote themselves money from the other 49%.

Government shuts down--and people go on. The government doesn't get paid. Scares the hell out of them. Any politicians being hired these days?

PATHETIC. PASS THE PROBLEM ALONG TO OUR CHILDREN.

Cisco Systems is laying off 15% of its workers, and shipping anoter 5,000 jobs to Taiwan. Borders Bookstore is closing and laying off 11,000 workers. Good thing we are getting rid of these evil, non-tax paying corporations! Now the laid-off workers can go get their govt. checks. But who is left to pay for them?

So the republicans wanted spending cuts and the democrats wanted new taxes? Wow, that is original.

THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO LOST WAS THE PEOPLE,THEY ALL GOT PAID ,WITH NO LOSS OF INSURANCE,ITS MORE BULL,DOG AND ONEY SHOW

Hey folks! Pay freaking attention! There is no fair share of taxes! Taxes are manipulated to garner votes! Until the real tax paying public demands a true "fair tax", the politicians are going to milk taxes from those oppose them and make tax cuts for those most likely to vote in their favor. Politicians could give a rats arse about your welfare. It's the votes stupid! They cannot manipulate votes with a "fair tax". They would loose the class warfare angle. Personally, I could give a hoot if you are dead broke for whatever the reason or stinking rich. If we as a people are going to be taxed we should all and I mean "all" be taxed equally. Our representatives in government would be held in check by us all and nothing would be approved unless it were paid for upfront. Some would suffer? Sure they would. It's called life.