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Minnesotans for Limited Government is a Political Action Committee working to bring the principles of limited government back to politics by educating the public and supporting liberty-minded candidates.

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

MNLG position on the 3-8ths amendment

There will be a Ballot Initiative to Vote for on Election day. This

Initiative is to amend the Constitution to authorize a 3/8% increase of the State Sales Tax. The Constitutional Amendment will also permanently dedicate the new revenue generated to the Environment, Culture, and the Arts. Minnesotans for Limited Government endorses a NO vote on the "Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment." First MNLG opposes this initiative on Constitutional grounds. By elevating a collection of appropriation bills to a Constitutional Decree we are limiting our progenies freedom of action in the face of future events. This violates the spirit, if not the letter of the Minnesota Constitution. Constitutions are meant to control government not limit the Citizen’s right to operate that government. Second MNLG opposes this on policy grounds. The original intent of this initiative was to restore and increase wetlands in Minnesota. Out of this idea we now have Santa’s Sleigh loaded with goodies for all good little special interests. However Right Now the Government of Minnesota at the state and county levels; owns, manages and operates over 21,000 miles of drainage ditch. This is according to the Minnesota State Board of Water and Soil Resources. The budget to manage these drainage ditches is about $20 million a year or about $1000.00 per mile. While this is real money to me and you, this is just chump change to those chumps at the Capitol. So the people who want the hardworking citizen taxpayers to pay more money to restore the wetlands (and world culture I guess), are already charging these taxpayers $20 Million a year to drain these same wetlands. MNLG proposes a pilot program to close 5 to 10 % of these ditches. This would cause previously drained wetlands to fill up and rejuvenate themselves and we can save some of the Taxpayer’s money. Demanding the Public to pay for both the restoring and draining of wetlands is Stupid and Tyrannical. MNLG is forced to conclude that the proponents of the “Vote Yes” campaign think that We Citizens of Minnesota are too simple to elect legislators who can wisely manage the Government and that the Constitution must be amended to make sure we don’t “screw up” in the future. MNLG is also forced to conclude that they think that We Citizens of Minnesota are too simple to see the incoherence and ineptitude of a State government whose stated policy is to spend good money draining wetlands that we are now going to pay to restore. MNLG say Vote NO on the "Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment." Better yet Vote HECK NO!