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a kennedy

(32,066 posts)
Tue May 8, 2018, 08:25 PM May 2018

Was sorry I Moves to MN 18 years ago.......now so glad I did.

Ever since northern neighbors Wisconsin and Minnesota veered off in opposite directions politically, a rhetorical border war has been fanned over the competing parties and policies that have guided them.

The latest volley comes from a liberal research group, the Economic Policy Institute, which finds that “on a multitude of key measures, Minnesota’s economic performance over the past seven years has been markedly better than that of its neighbor to the east.”

Put another way, Minnesota has fared better economically under Democrats than Wisconsin has under Republicans, according to a study released Tuesday by the Washington, D.C.-based organization.

https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2018/05/08/its-liberal-minnesota-vs-gop-wisconsin-study-economic-growth/590813002/

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Was sorry I Moves to MN 18 years ago.......now so glad I did. (Original Post) a kennedy May 2018 OP
Facts do not lie. Wellstone ruled May 2018 #1
no fan of thompson... keroro gunsou May 2018 #2
Tommy laid the ground work Wellstone ruled May 2018 #5
There are many days Heartstrings May 2018 #3
Coming back to Mad Town for a visit this weekend...... a kennedy May 2018 #4
 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
1. Facts do not lie.
Tue May 8, 2018, 09:37 PM
May 2018

Wisconsin in a major decline. And I to am a former Wisconsinite. Tommy Thompson was the start of their going to the dogs movement. Walker kicked it into hyper-drive.

keroro gunsou

(2,227 posts)
2. no fan of thompson...
Wed May 9, 2018, 05:51 AM
May 2018

but he was no where the level of corrupt dimwit that walker is. he at least tried to help... in his own clumsy way. at least he wasn't a semi-cross eyed, self-interested ass goblin that only does what he's told by the money from outside the state... and inside as well... this plus his lt.guv not being a completely insane religious nutbag helps to temper my feelings towards him. the teabaggers today would hate thompson (yet another plus).

well i was young and dumb when he was guv (but smart enough not to vote for him)

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
5. Tommy laid the ground work
Wed May 9, 2018, 11:43 AM
May 2018

for Wisconsin slide into Stupid Land. Ask anyone who knows him or worked in any of the State Agencies during his time in Office.

Walker is Thompson on Roids. Walker learned his craft from Tommy. BTW,so did Paul Ryan .

Heartstrings

(7,349 posts)
3. There are many days
Wed May 9, 2018, 08:11 AM
May 2018

I sincerely wish I had stayed in Cali...especially the last 2 years.
Walker needs to go! As does Ryan...my state is in a sorry mess, my only saving grace is living in a blue county....

a kennedy

(32,066 posts)
4. Coming back to Mad Town for a visit this weekend......
Wed May 9, 2018, 08:44 AM
May 2018

Looking forward to seeing all the Bucky Badgers Statures around the area......good cause. I was born and raised in Madison, was always so proud of the progressive history of Wisconsin, the "onward" direction, now, am so disgusted can barley mention I was once a proud native. Ugh......Wanker and Ryan both disgraces to the once proud tradition of principles.

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