Mark Dayton Rebuttal
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Question 6:
Tell us why you would make the best Governor for the State of
Minnesota. What kind of "team" would you put together if elected?
Also, what is the worst idea you have heard one of your opponents in
this race support, and why?
In your rebuttal include a response to this question: If you face an
endorsement or primary challenge, why would you be the best candidate
for your party? In closing, please include information on how
interested readers can contact your campaign to volunteer and get more
information.
Dayton Rebuttal 6:
The worst idea I've heard during this campaign is the proposal
to again give a 20% property tax rebate with the current revenue
windfall. It's tax policy from Dumb and Dumber! It's a mindless
giveback, which gives the most to the richest. It makes no lasting
changes to an unfair and overburdened property tax system. It
addresses the past, rather than the future.
I face a tough primary against well-known DFL candidates. They
are honorable men and dedicated public servants. Yet we come from
very different experiences. I didn't learn my politics at my family
dinner table. My parents voted for Richard Nixon in 1960 and 1968;
five years later I was the only Minnesotan on Nixon's Enemies List. I
came to my convictions on my own. I have acted on them and stuck with
them, whether they were popular or not.
The next Governor will inherit a host of festering and expensive
problems. I predict they will be exacerbated by far more difficult
economic and fiscal conditions. As a result, the next Governor's
decisions will be more difficult, less popular, yet far more
determinative of our state's future. In crises, leaders lead; office
holders just hold on.
I know what public investments can do to improve the lives of
our citizens. I know how to make them, from my thirty years in public
service. I won't waffle on the tough issues. I won't coast on the
status quo. I want Minnesota to be a better state for ourselves, our
children, and future generations. It won't happen, unless we work
hard and smart together. Let's get to work!
In closing, I salute E-Democracy! I haven't met so many
consecutive deadlines and counted words so carefully since high
school! Well done, E-Democracy.
Mark Dayton
To contact the Mark Dayton for Minnesota Campaign for Governor:
Mark Dayton for Minnesota
1600 University Ave. #505
St. Paul, MN 55104
612-641-1776
612-641-1126 (fax)
markdayton@daytonformn.org
http://www.daytonformn.org
