Daily Kos reports,
Two states where Republican governors have cut taxes for wealthy business owners, Kansas and Wisconsin, now face budget shortfalls, reduced funding for schools and cuts in other public services, and aren’t generating the job growth these table-pounding politicians promised to deliver.
In Minnesota, by contrast, Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton has turned a $6 billion budget shortfall into a $1.5 billion budget surplus by raising taxes on high earners, his state’s unemployment rate has fallen from 7% to 4%, and he’s raised the state’s minimum wage and fought for equal pay for women. And he’s done all this while saddled with a Republican-controlled legislature.
Another difference: The two Republican governors are running for president. Dayton isn’t.
Photo: Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton, a billionaire department store heir, believes in fair wages and taxes