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Minnesota Needs New Leadership
 The great state of Minnesota is ready for a new vision. The old vision isn't working and the struggle for personal and economic liberty continues. Property rights, personal rights, education, taxes, transportation and out of control local and state politics are issues voters care about. We want a voice, we want to be heard and we want a elected official who will listen.
Year after year we have wasted our votes on yet another ineffectual politcan's empty promises, yet another who refuses to listen, more of the status quo. The people of Minnesota need a change and we are desperate to take back our government and our state.
Minnesota sits on the edge...we want change, we want a new vision, we need a new direction and we need an end to the gridlock of the status quo. We need a voice.
Lesser Of Two Evils?
Tim Pawlenty and the Republicans are not the "lesser of two evils." Pawlenty governed in essentially the same fashion as a Democrat. The difference is, with a Democrat in office, conservative writers and politicians will denounce their big-government schemes. However, these groups will not do this when it comes time to re-elect a Republican. The results? A Republican isn't the lesser of two evils; instead a Republican is the worst of two evils - big government and no opposition.
 I agree with Sue more often.
While you may disagree with Sue on a few issues, notice how much more you disagree with the current Republicans and/or Democrats. You may find you agree with Sue on critical issues, such as:
- Reducing Government
- Individual Liberty
- Personal Responsibility
- Freedom
Lobbyists are just part of the problem
The concept of representation by our elected officials is a myth. Special interest groups are firmly in control of our elected officials. Elected officials quickly learn, they get reelected if they bring home the pork. It doesn't matter which party holds office, government continues to get bigger year after year. And those "tough budget cuts" from last year? They are the highest ever in our state's history.
Year after year, we believe our smiling politicians promises as they tell us they believe in smaller government, lower taxes and personal and property rights. Voters encourage these liars by re-electing them again and again. We reward them for ignoring us and we wonder why government is too big, expensive and intrusive. We re-elect those who got us in this mess in the first place. Politicians continue to compromise away our money, civil liberties and our property, for a vague of "the common good."
Government should be small enough to fit in the Constitution. Minnesotans do not want to keep all the government programs we have, while the politicians refuse to give them up. Hamline University political science and law professor David Schultz 2004 study showed large donors, lobbyists and political action committees spent $94,821 per legislator to influence state legislative races and policy decisions.
This is just part of the problem. We have allowed government to grow year after year no matter which political party is in office. We have created an enormous treasure chest, called our state budget, that the special interest groups continue to fight over. They help pass most of the 3,000 laws passed each year resulting in a mountain of useless regulations and laws that waste our time and money, while not solving the real problems Minnesotans care about most.
Sue Jeffers is the only candidate who can reduce the size and expense of government. She asks what exactly are the limits in "limited government"? Is government limited to what it is today or tomorrow? Or limited to what the Constitution says it should be limited too. Where has "being moderate" gotten us?
The question is not are you better off now, the question we should be asking is are we as well off as we could be. We should be asking not what government should or could do but recognize what government can actually accomplish and if we want it, how can we find a better way to do it.
 Republicans campaign like libertarians but govern like Democrats.
They promise to promote economic freedoms and we get increased minimum wage, complicated tax codes, corporate welfare, more laws and regulations, more pork and more debt. Many vote for a Republican because they mistakenly think it is the lessor of two evils or a slower road to hell. Is our new 8% budget increase reducing government spending? Of course not, it is finding a new way to finance it.
Democrats are no better. Their concept that only government can solve our problems with yet another program is a fairy tale. While promising personal freedoms, we get Internet censorship, gun control, more regulation, higher taxes and more of the "nanny state" ideology. They assure us that government can tax us into prosperity and progress can only be attained with additional regulation, another program, or a little more money to fix the program that didn't work last time.
Libertarians stand for individual liberty, personal responsibility and less government. We think for ourselves and decide for ourselves. We do not need a poll to know what issues concern voters. We mean business, not business as usual in Minnesota politics. A vote for Sue Jeffers is a vote to take back your life, your government and your tax dollars.
"Good old boy" politics aren't working.
In 2005, elected officials paralyzed our state into the first partial state shutdown in 147 years. Career politicians play an insider's game, where a few set the rules and the rules change on a whim. Tax increases are now called a fee, an 8% budget increase is "toeing the line," special sessions are the norm instead of the exception. Increased crime, sky rocketing taxes and health care, even more regulations, and publicly funded stadiums are now acceptable. The top two employers in Minnesota are the state and federal governments.
Our politicians are out of control, and worst of all, we let them remain there. They do not stand up for our rights. Voters want jobs, safe cities, uncongested roads, affordable health care, quality education and lower taxes. Voters want to know their personal and property rights are safe. Voters want a change. Your vote has never been more important. Vote for Sue Jeffers for Governor of Minnesota.
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