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MN moonbat governor: The American Revolution was fought so we can tax the rich, or something

Congrats, Minnesota.  You’ve known for a decade that this guy was a few fries short of a Happy Meal, yet you made him your governor.  Geez, between him and Franken, you guys are bound and determined to supplant Californiastan as the nation’s nuttiest state, no?

Anywho, here’s what Gov. Mark Dayton(D-MN) observed on July 4th, in response to his state shutting down because he wants to spend tons more money than the state has:

It is significant that this shutdown will begin on the 4th of July weekend.  On that date, we celebrate our independence.  It also reminds us that there are causes and principles worth struggling for – worth even suffering temporary hardships to achieve.

Our American Revolution was very much about fair and just taxes, where the middle-class was over-taxed while the very rich went tax-free.  In the absence of fair taxes, the basic services people relied upon for their health and well-being were denied them.  (um, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot? – CL)

Notes Ed:

Er … riiiiiiiight.  The American Revolution, led by wealthy landowners and businessmen like John Hancock, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and the rest of the moneyed class revolted against the Crown for forced redistribution of wealth via government.  Damn the History Channel for not covering this aspect of the Revolution!

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By the way, I’d love to hear an explanation from Dayton as to the “basic services” that were denied colonists by the British based on uncollected taxes from the rich.  As far as I know, the colonies didn’t have Medicare or Social Security either before or after the Revolution.  The only services supplied by the British were the troops that defended the colonies, which is one of the reasons the British began taxing them.

Washington: “Please, King George!  Take our money so the poor colonists can get free health care, or something.  If you don’t, we WILL revolt!  We have a RIGHT to…um…be subjected to confiscatory taxation.  Which is why we got so mad at the confiscatory taxation…that…we’re now…advocating.  Or something.”

July 8, 2011 Posted by crushliberalism | big government, economic ignorance, Minnesota, moonbats | 6 Comments