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Many political pundits had opined that Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro would be Kamala Harris’ best running mate. He’s a moderate who hails from a swing state that could push the Democrats into the White House in November. But being pro-Israel and pro-school choice disqualified him.
Instead, Harris picked far-leftist Tim Walz as her running mate. The Minnesota governor’s “accomplishments” align with the Bernie Sanders/Gavin Newsom playbook. For example, even though Minnesota already has the fifth-highest top income-tax rate among the states, 9.85% on earnings above $193,000 for a single filer, Mr. Walz added a 1% surtax on net investment income above $1 million while reducing deductions, and the governor wanted more.
He has made an estimated 81,000 illegal immigrants in the state eligible for driver’s licenses, along with health insurance through the MinnesotaCare program.
As a fervent believer in “climate action,” Walz has mandated that public utilities generate 80% carbon-free electricity by 2030, ramping up to 100% by 2040. He subsidizes electric vehicles by “requiring EV charging infrastructure within or adjacent to new commercial and multi-family buildings.”
Minnesota now has one of the nation’s most permissive abortion statutes, with essentially no limits and no age consideration for minors.
During the Covid craze, Walz was a hysteric of the highest order. He forced masks onto children as young as five, placed strict limits on outdoor gatherings, and encouraged Minnesotans to report their neighbors for violations of social distancing rules.
Additionally, he spent much of the state’s allotment of federal Covid funds on items that had little or nothing to do with the pandemic.
For example, Walz oversaw the use of more than $4.3 million to cover parking costs at state facilities for state employees and visitors. The state used $1 million to fund a study on the feasibility of paid family leave, and another $1 million to fund a statewide gun safety ad campaign. Another $7.8 million was distributed to homeless shelters in Minneapolis to cover ongoing costs.
Conflating Bernie Sanders and Mr. Rogers, he revealed his core beliefs when he asserted, “One person’s socialism is another person’s neighborliness.”
Walz is particularly deplorable on education spending. Showing his “neighborliness,” he signed a universal school free breakfast and lunch bill in 2023 that feeds all students on the taxpayers’ dime. (Socialists never acknowledge that, as the late Milton Friedman explained, there is no such thing as a free lunch—or breakfast, for that matter.)
He signed a bill into law that provided $2.2 billion in new funding for K-12 education, a significant hike in the state’s education expenditures—about $400 per student per year more than the previous outlay. Additionally, he passed record spending in early child care and learning last year. As part of a $1.3 billion package of childcare spending for families and providers, Walz used $316 million to boost wages for childcare providers.
Walz approved an additional $650 million for higher education to implement new programs for financial aid and workforce initiatives in the 2024-25 school year. He also passed the North Star Promise program, which provides free college for students—including illegal immigrants—who have a family income under $80,000.
In addition to being a spendaholic, Walz is an active proponent of all the trendy woke education and gender issues. As Heritage Foundation scholars Jay Greene and Jason Bedrick note, Walz championed the creation of an Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Center at the Minnesota Department of Education “to build toward an education system committed to anti-racism.” --->READ MORE HERE
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