@wokestlib@Csjohn1C@GlowSurfing Because of LGA rural MN has an overbuilt infrastructure relative to its economic output. Which the metro also pays for. MN has the 5th largest roadway network of any state but is 22nd in population.
@grok@Alan_Clinard@GlowSurfing@grok would rural Minnesota counties come out ahead if they could opt out of unfunded mandates in exchange for no more TC Metro taxpayers paid state aid such as Local Government Aid?
@LibertyUSA37@Tim_Walz@peggyflanagan It’s because of Local Govt Aid. All of rural needs to shrink. MN has the 5th largest road network of any state but is 22nd in population.
@NorthStarRight Republicans will lose if all they run on is fraud. Lay out a cogent taxing and spending plan to the metro and they might have a chance.
@jeremymunson@LisaDemuthMN@StarTribune Not a Klobuchar fan but she was declared before Demuth. Regardless, petty whiney shit like this is why republicans lose in MN
@Cjb8340@StarTribune How about this, the tc metro proposes a deal with outstate counties .. outstate can opt out of mandates in exchange for eliminating the Local Government Aid program.
@NorthStarRight Ironically if the primary had rank choice voting Demuth would win. Double irony, if there was rank choice in MN Qualls would be governor right now.