| I recently heard on a local morning radio show | | | | for the reduction in assistance to working parents. |
| (KS95) that the Twin Cities (Minneapolis and St. | | | | While Pawlenty is partly to blame, both |
| Paul) have the highest daycare costs in the nation, | | | | Democrats and Republicans need to share the |
| right behind New York. | | | | blame. |
| I have no idea why the Twin Cities daycare costs | | | | Former Governor, Jesse Ventura should receive |
| are so high. At least New York has world class | | | | most of the blame for budget cuts. Ventura |
| entertainment (theatre, concerts, and restaurants) | | | | decimated Minnesota's economy by spending and |
| and a high cost of living in general (high taxes and | | | | throwing away the large surplus that Minnesota |
| real estate). | | | | once had. |
| The same can't be said for the Twin Cities, which | | | | I believe that something must be done to fix the |
| has average entertainment and doesn't have | | | | problem of the high cost of daycare in Minneapolis |
| nearly the high cost of living as New York. | | | | and St. Paul. This is an outcry for a city that |
| This shocked me. So much for choice for working | | | | prides itself on diversity, tolerance and a high |
| parents in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Many women | | | | standard of living. |
| are leaving the workforce because of the high | | | | If things don't change soon, it could be the |
| cost of daycare. | | | | beginning of social decay. |
| Many parents don't qualify for government | | | | You might think that I'm starting to sound like a |
| assisted programs, even when they earn barely | | | | socialist/liberal. Au contraire mon amis. I'm not |
| over $9.00 per hour ($18,720 annually). | | | | saying that we should throw money at the |
| Can you imagine having 3 or more children and | | | | problem but like a true conservative, I believe in |
| paying over $2,400 per month for daycare | | | | the value of hard work. |
| ($28,800). | | | | Working parents should have the option of |
| This situation is terrible for Twin Cities working | | | | remaining in the work force. These is good family |
| parents and is another knife in the backs of hard | | | | values. |
| working people. | | | | I think too often that government officials can't |
| Some parents are better off on welfare then | | | | relate to the average person. They are usually |
| working. What a joke. | | | | financially well off and don't have the financial |
| Apparently, only 70 % of women are in the work | | | | worries that the average family has, like feeding |
| force (KS95). | | | | your children. |
| It seems that the establishment is spitting in the | | | | It's time that working parents in Minneapolis and |
| faces of hard working parents in Minneapolis and | | | | St. Paul are no longer kicked to the curb and spat |
| St. Paul. | | | | on. It's time that they are given adequate |
| Many Minnesotans blame Governor Tim Pawlenty | | | | consideration. It's time for change. |