June 24, 2008

               Welfare beneficiaries call my city "Moneyapolis."
By Jim Cook http://www.investmentrarities.com/

Our state legislature here in Minnesota has given us a look into the future. Liberals introduced a proposal to increase the state tax to 11% on incomes over $166,000. That would be the highest state income tax in the country. We have a budget crisis in Minnesota because of runaway healthcare costs. A family with less than $43,000 income (after taxes) gets health and dental care for only a few bucks for a small amount each month.

Welfare beneficiaries call my city "Moneyapolis." They've moved here from all over America to get more subsidies than they were getting back home. Along with them came big increases in crime, drugs, alcoholism and dysfunctional family behavior. In Minnesota, we devote more time to worrying about our fishing limits than whether little kids should stay with parents who are prostitutes or drug dealers. This year we're concerned if someone catches more than ten crappies or sunfish, but not at all concerned about parents who aren't fit to raise a stray cat.

In our state you get free healthcare, free housing, food stamps, paid heating bills, aid to dependent children, welfare benefits, unemployment, and if you want to claim your nerves are bad, a thousand bucks a month from social security. It's an attractive package that acts as a reverse incentive for those who may not want to work.