Legislators seek to jump-start Minnesota's economy
2/12/2008 8:42:21 PM
By Matthew Stolle
Post-Bulletin, Rochester MN
ST. PAUL -- The 2008 Minnesota legislative session began today with Democratic legislative leaders promising to focus on legislation that would give the state's ailing economy a jolt. With the state's economist having declared Minnesota in a recession, state lawmakers said they would rush two major pieces of legislation to the governor's desk as fast as possible -- a comprehensive transportation funding bill and a $1 billion public works bill.
"Sometimes, we just need a jump-start," said DFL House Speaker Margaret Anderson-Kelliher. "We are ready to put Minnesotans back to work."
DFLers say they want to "jump start" the Minnesota economy but their exorbitant tax proposals will electrocute it instead.
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