THE STATE BUDGET CRISIS
GAMC veto shows a lack of compassion
So now it's official: Gov. Tim Pawlenty has no heart. After a bipartisan effort to rescue General Assistance Medical Care, the safety net for the poorest and sickest in Minnesota, with nary a pause for reflection or regret, all Pawlenty can do is say "NO" and scold those who voted to pass it. This is the best he can do for the people he serves? Would he really treat his own family this way if he didn't have money for insurance? Would he really let them suffer without medical treatment or prescriptions and let it go at that?
We're not in Minnesota anymore, Toto.
SANDRA BOES O'BRIEN, MINNEAPOLIS
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I would like to start a grass-roots group to unallot the governor's wages and health care benefits; it only seems fair, since he can do that to everybody else.
STEVE STEBLAYS, EDINA
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I thought it was interesting that, in the Feb. 14 article on the 2010 elections, one of the "issues on the front burner" was the state deficit: "Voters don't want their services slashed or their taxes raised to ease the deficit." No wonder our state is in deadlock.