Post by Logan on Feb 12, 2017 16:39:44 GMT -6
As the state legislature grapples with budget challenges in Bismarck a talking point has emerged from our friends from the left about why those challenges are so large.
It’s the tax cuts, they tell us. An example of this is Democrat Party Chairwoman Kylie Oversen who was a very, very far left lawmaker herself until last year when voters in her district replaced her with more moderate Republican leadership.
Oversen is reacting to budget cuts at the University of North Dakota Law School and – surprise! – it turns out it’s all the fault of those tax cutting Republicans.
This narrative may be convenient for demagogues like Oversen who are only interested in winning over the support of the lightly informed, but it’s not based in fact.
Read more: www.sayanythingblog.com/entry/north-dakotas-budget-problems-spending-not-tax-cuts/
It’s the tax cuts, they tell us. An example of this is Democrat Party Chairwoman Kylie Oversen who was a very, very far left lawmaker herself until last year when voters in her district replaced her with more moderate Republican leadership.
Oversen is reacting to budget cuts at the University of North Dakota Law School and – surprise! – it turns out it’s all the fault of those tax cutting Republicans.
This narrative may be convenient for demagogues like Oversen who are only interested in winning over the support of the lightly informed, but it’s not based in fact.
Read more: www.sayanythingblog.com/entry/north-dakotas-budget-problems-spending-not-tax-cuts/