Pawlenty on the Ball

One thing that Tim Pawlenty has going for him is consistency. Pawlenty has single-handedly made sure that Minnesotans would not get their taxes increased four almost 8 years now. When it comes to more taxes, he uses his favorite secret weapon: the veto. Ok. So it's not so secret. But no one is better at it than him. The Wall Street Journal wrote an article about his ability to thwart the DFL-controlled MN legislature in their attempts to hike MN taxes across the board in a time of recession. In this article, it is pointed out that "this will be one of the first times in modern Minnesota history that the state will reduce the size of government in real terms, not just slow its rate of growth." These decisions are common sense decisions that everyone is forced to make in these times. Governments should not be an exception. Raising taxes hurts this country's ability to recover from a recession. It will only ensure that we will not go back to the quality of life and prosperity we had in recent years. Instead, this means that the future will only hold larger government control of everyday affairs in business and commerce. The freedom that millions have died to protect over 250 years will wilt away to a larger government that wants to make us think that it knows what is best for everyone. That's definitely not freedom. It sounds more like an oppressive Authoritarianism. The exception we have to that is that we elect our government officials. So we have hope of regaining our freedom. We have the choice to even overthrow our government if we see that it has overstepped it's ability to govern. It already happened once in 1789. But what we need to recover from this is more people like Pawlenty. People who are unafraid to do the right thing for the people, not just so they can get reelected. Tim Pawlenty may be considering running for President in 2012. If he does, he definitely has my vote.