2/9/09
Legislative Report #13
680 bills and more to come
As of today, the Minnesota Legislature has introduced 680 bills. The latest *bill HF680, is anticipating hundreds of millions or perhaps billions of federal dollars sent to Minnesota. Anticipating a handout from the Federal government seems foolish. The federal government continues to squander all revenue and continues spending future generation’s income. With the latest stimulus package, expect over $2,000,000,000,000.00 federal budget debt this year. Any check congress issues to Minnesota becomes a bad check issued on our grandchildren’s working backs.
Another question we need to consider is why 680 bills? Minnesota is facing a financial Tsunami and to date the 680 bills include.
1. Millions for development of light rail North, South, and East of the Minneapolis/Saint Paul area.
2. Universal state run, non-competitive healthcare ** (HF135) costing $30,000,000,000.00 to $50,000,000,000.00 annually.
3. The Minnesota Miracle *** (HF138), including an education funding formula revision, indexing for inflation and a 37% $2,500,000,000.00 overall increase in K-12 education funding.
4. Millions in new bonding for Arts and wildlife programs for costs that are covered under the new Constitutional amendment.
5. A further striping of personal liberties using primary seatbelt law, additional child restraint laws, and **** (HF616) forcing medical support of abortion.
I see very little Legislative understanding of our current economic stress or budget shortfall when reviewing the proposed bills to date. Increased spending, expanding programs, and starting new initiatives show disregard for Minnesota current economic condition.
*https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0680.0.html&session=ls86
**https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0135.0.html&session=ls86
***https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0138.0.html&session=ls86
****https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0616.0.html&session=ls86
2/9/09
Legislative report #14
Bonding to pay interest
The Republican governor Pawlenty is proposing in his budget to *bond $1,062,000,000.00 and proposes to repay this bond with revenue from the tobacco settlement funds. The problem with repayment with tobacco settlement is those funds are not available. The tobacco income directly deposited into the state general fund now and spent on other programs.
The purpose of the 20-year bond is to help balance the 2010-2011 biennium state budgets. The state has $4.7 billion in outstanding bonds in addition $2,700,000,000.00 in authorized bonds not issued yet but committed. In the next biennium, Minnesota is obligated for over $900,000,000.00 in interest and payments on the $4.7 Billion issued bonds.
The Governors plan is similar to an individual using a VISA card to make payments on other credit cards like the Master Card, American Express, and Discover cards. Even more disturbing is the idea we should accept spending another $600,000,000.00 in interest on interest with this bond request. If approved, the issue of such a bond has no actual production, investment or tangible brick and mortar projects, just more spending, debt, and delayed accountability.
*http://www.mmb.state.mn.us/doc/budget/report-issue/10/tobacco.pdf
2/9/09
Legislative Report #15
Indexing for K12 Education
*HF02 and 138 the “Minnesota Miracle” K-12 education bills have an indexing clause included. Indexing provides inflation protection to budgets similar to an annual raise someone receives from an employer to offset the effects of inflation. Education in Minnesota expects revenue protection from inflation and thus includes indexing in formulas for funding.
Below is an example of how indexing state expenditures for K-12 education can affect a budget. If we apply a 4%, inflation to the next biennium K-12 education would receive a $542,395,200.00 automatic funding increase by 2012.
FY 2010 state spending on K-12 education
$6,647,000,000.00 multiply by inflation of
3.5% automatic increase of $232,635,000.00 $44.74 per every man, woman and child in Minnesota
4% automatic increase of $265,880,000.00 $51.13 per every man, woman and child in Minnesota
5% automatic increase of $332,350,000.00 $63.91 per every man, woman and child in Minnesota
In FY 2011, $6,912,880,000.00 from FY 2010 plus 4% inflation equals $276,515,200.00 resulting in a spending level going into the next biennium of $7,189,395,200.00 for K-12 education. In addition, HF02 and 138 include about $2,500,000,000.00 of spending increase over inflation. Under HF02 and 138 and only a 4% inflation rate Minnesota is committing $9,689,395,200.00 or $1,863.35 per every man, woman and child in Minnesota on K-12 education in 2012, a 45.5% increase in just 2 years.
*https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0138.0.html&session=ls86
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0002.0.html&session=ls86
2/12/09
Legislative Report #16
Fireside Report #01
Campaign Committee for Constitutional Republicans are producing a series of Legislative video updates for House 50-A citizens and any other folks interested in Minnesota state government Legislative activities. Our first contribution posted on U-Tube at the link below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0pK4GA31_0&feature=channel_page
2/12/09
Legislative update #17
Universal Healthcare
The Senate held a 3-hour hearing on *SF0118, Universal Healthcare for Minnesota, on Wednesday 2/10/09 in the State Capital Building. People gave testimony, both pro and con, in the filled to capacity room.
Campaign Committee for Constitutional Republicans is opposed to this legislation for the following reasons
1. The constitution of Minnesota, the document dictating government authority, prohibits State Government from controlling or manipulating a healthcare program.
2. No one has a clue the annual cost of SF0118 to taxpayers and citizens, including *John Marty the bills chief author. A plan to study the cost of SF0118 (companion in House is HF135) is costing $300,000.00 of taxpayer’s money. Some discussion concluded a general cost of $35,000,000,000.00 to $50,000,000,000.00 a year to operate Universal Healthcare in Minnesota.
3. Government has no capacity to operate a healthcare system. State government has authorization to facilitate solutions between groups on state matters. Revising Minnesota’s healthcare system could be a proper function for state to facilitate corrective healthcare measures.
4. The federal government has started a national Universal Healthcare, the first phase buried in the just passed Economic Stimulus package.
5. Healthcare has national problems, government dictation of coverage’s; locations of hospitals are just a few government actions contributing to a failed healthcare system. Further government control or intervention could only compound the breakdown of medical services in America.
In conclusion, instead of finding solutions to solving a $7,000,000,000.00 budget shortfall, Carolyn Laine has chosen to ***support HF135 a destructive Government controlled noncompetitive healthcare bill. It appears Carolyn considers “governance” to be expanding state government by 250%, and sending state spending into the stratosphere.
Minnesota Legislators need to focus real “governance” on the issue at hand “BALANCE THE STATE BUDGET”.
*https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S0118.2.html&session=ls86
**http://www.senate.leg.state.mn.us/members/member_bio.php?mem_id=1035&ls=86
***https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/revisor/pages/search_status/status_detail.php?b=House&f=HF135&ssn=0&y=2009#H
2/12/09
Legislative Update #18
Federal Debt
For folks asleep the last year and a half or so Congress, both Bush and now Obama continue spending our grandchildren’s futures. In the last year alone Congress has quietly raised the Federal debt limit 3 times. The third time is occurring now with the passage of an $800,000,000,000.00 economic stimulus package. And yes billions of this spending is coming to Minnesota and bailing out our state spending irresponsibility.
The section posted below, buried within the 1080 page stimulus bill. The federal government is broke, and Congress is increasingly depending on bond sales to institutions, private investors, foreign governments, national banks, and fund managers from all over the world, and even some Americans to bail out federal spending.
With the passage of the stimulus package Congress authorizes federal debt to reach $12,140,000,000,000.00 or $36,787.00 for each man woman and child in America.
H.R.1
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Print)
SEC. 1902. INCREASE IN PUBLIC DEBT LIMIT.
Subsection (b) of section 3101 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking out the dollar limitation contained in such subsection and inserting `$12,140,000,000,000'.
Legislative Report #13
680 bills and more to come
As of today, the Minnesota Legislature has introduced 680 bills. The latest *bill HF680, is anticipating hundreds of millions or perhaps billions of federal dollars sent to Minnesota. Anticipating a handout from the Federal government seems foolish. The federal government continues to squander all revenue and continues spending future generation’s income. With the latest stimulus package, expect over $2,000,000,000,000.00 federal budget debt this year. Any check congress issues to Minnesota becomes a bad check issued on our grandchildren’s working backs.
Another question we need to consider is why 680 bills? Minnesota is facing a financial Tsunami and to date the 680 bills include.
1. Millions for development of light rail North, South, and East of the Minneapolis/Saint Paul area.
2. Universal state run, non-competitive healthcare ** (HF135) costing $30,000,000,000.00 to $50,000,000,000.00 annually.
3. The Minnesota Miracle *** (HF138), including an education funding formula revision, indexing for inflation and a 37% $2,500,000,000.00 overall increase in K-12 education funding.
4. Millions in new bonding for Arts and wildlife programs for costs that are covered under the new Constitutional amendment.
5. A further striping of personal liberties using primary seatbelt law, additional child restraint laws, and **** (HF616) forcing medical support of abortion.
I see very little Legislative understanding of our current economic stress or budget shortfall when reviewing the proposed bills to date. Increased spending, expanding programs, and starting new initiatives show disregard for Minnesota current economic condition.
*https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0680.0.html&session=ls86
**https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0135.0.html&session=ls86
***https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0138.0.html&session=ls86
****https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0616.0.html&session=ls86
2/9/09
Legislative report #14
Bonding to pay interest
The Republican governor Pawlenty is proposing in his budget to *bond $1,062,000,000.00 and proposes to repay this bond with revenue from the tobacco settlement funds. The problem with repayment with tobacco settlement is those funds are not available. The tobacco income directly deposited into the state general fund now and spent on other programs.
The purpose of the 20-year bond is to help balance the 2010-2011 biennium state budgets. The state has $4.7 billion in outstanding bonds in addition $2,700,000,000.00 in authorized bonds not issued yet but committed. In the next biennium, Minnesota is obligated for over $900,000,000.00 in interest and payments on the $4.7 Billion issued bonds.
The Governors plan is similar to an individual using a VISA card to make payments on other credit cards like the Master Card, American Express, and Discover cards. Even more disturbing is the idea we should accept spending another $600,000,000.00 in interest on interest with this bond request. If approved, the issue of such a bond has no actual production, investment or tangible brick and mortar projects, just more spending, debt, and delayed accountability.
*http://www.mmb.state.mn.us/doc/budget/report-issue/10/tobacco.pdf
2/9/09
Legislative Report #15
Indexing for K12 Education
*HF02 and 138 the “Minnesota Miracle” K-12 education bills have an indexing clause included. Indexing provides inflation protection to budgets similar to an annual raise someone receives from an employer to offset the effects of inflation. Education in Minnesota expects revenue protection from inflation and thus includes indexing in formulas for funding.
Below is an example of how indexing state expenditures for K-12 education can affect a budget. If we apply a 4%, inflation to the next biennium K-12 education would receive a $542,395,200.00 automatic funding increase by 2012.
FY 2010 state spending on K-12 education
$6,647,000,000.00 multiply by inflation of
3.5% automatic increase of $232,635,000.00 $44.74 per every man, woman and child in Minnesota
4% automatic increase of $265,880,000.00 $51.13 per every man, woman and child in Minnesota
5% automatic increase of $332,350,000.00 $63.91 per every man, woman and child in Minnesota
In FY 2011, $6,912,880,000.00 from FY 2010 plus 4% inflation equals $276,515,200.00 resulting in a spending level going into the next biennium of $7,189,395,200.00 for K-12 education. In addition, HF02 and 138 include about $2,500,000,000.00 of spending increase over inflation. Under HF02 and 138 and only a 4% inflation rate Minnesota is committing $9,689,395,200.00 or $1,863.35 per every man, woman and child in Minnesota on K-12 education in 2012, a 45.5% increase in just 2 years.
*https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0138.0.html&session=ls86
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0002.0.html&session=ls86
2/12/09
Legislative Report #16
Fireside Report #01
Campaign Committee for Constitutional Republicans are producing a series of Legislative video updates for House 50-A citizens and any other folks interested in Minnesota state government Legislative activities. Our first contribution posted on U-Tube at the link below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0pK4GA31_0&feature=channel_page
2/12/09
Legislative update #17
Universal Healthcare
The Senate held a 3-hour hearing on *SF0118, Universal Healthcare for Minnesota, on Wednesday 2/10/09 in the State Capital Building. People gave testimony, both pro and con, in the filled to capacity room.
Campaign Committee for Constitutional Republicans is opposed to this legislation for the following reasons
1. The constitution of Minnesota, the document dictating government authority, prohibits State Government from controlling or manipulating a healthcare program.
2. No one has a clue the annual cost of SF0118 to taxpayers and citizens, including *John Marty the bills chief author. A plan to study the cost of SF0118 (companion in House is HF135) is costing $300,000.00 of taxpayer’s money. Some discussion concluded a general cost of $35,000,000,000.00 to $50,000,000,000.00 a year to operate Universal Healthcare in Minnesota.
3. Government has no capacity to operate a healthcare system. State government has authorization to facilitate solutions between groups on state matters. Revising Minnesota’s healthcare system could be a proper function for state to facilitate corrective healthcare measures.
4. The federal government has started a national Universal Healthcare, the first phase buried in the just passed Economic Stimulus package.
5. Healthcare has national problems, government dictation of coverage’s; locations of hospitals are just a few government actions contributing to a failed healthcare system. Further government control or intervention could only compound the breakdown of medical services in America.
In conclusion, instead of finding solutions to solving a $7,000,000,000.00 budget shortfall, Carolyn Laine has chosen to ***support HF135 a destructive Government controlled noncompetitive healthcare bill. It appears Carolyn considers “governance” to be expanding state government by 250%, and sending state spending into the stratosphere.
Minnesota Legislators need to focus real “governance” on the issue at hand “BALANCE THE STATE BUDGET”.
*https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S0118.2.html&session=ls86
**http://www.senate.leg.state.mn.us/members/member_bio.php?mem_id=1035&ls=86
***https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/revisor/pages/search_status/status_detail.php?b=House&f=HF135&ssn=0&y=2009#H
2/12/09
Legislative Update #18
Federal Debt
For folks asleep the last year and a half or so Congress, both Bush and now Obama continue spending our grandchildren’s futures. In the last year alone Congress has quietly raised the Federal debt limit 3 times. The third time is occurring now with the passage of an $800,000,000,000.00 economic stimulus package. And yes billions of this spending is coming to Minnesota and bailing out our state spending irresponsibility.
The section posted below, buried within the 1080 page stimulus bill. The federal government is broke, and Congress is increasingly depending on bond sales to institutions, private investors, foreign governments, national banks, and fund managers from all over the world, and even some Americans to bail out federal spending.
With the passage of the stimulus package Congress authorizes federal debt to reach $12,140,000,000,000.00 or $36,787.00 for each man woman and child in America.
H.R.1
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Print)
SEC. 1902. INCREASE IN PUBLIC DEBT LIMIT.
Subsection (b) of section 3101 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking out the dollar limitation contained in such subsection and inserting `$12,140,000,000,000'.
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