Gay Marriage is to Govt. as is Study Hall to Academics
Gay marriage continues its roll as a way for politicians to pose and make noise while failing the public on much bigger issues. I’m reminded of “Study Hall” in high school, where we goofed off, flirted, passed notes and did any- and everything but study. Gay marriage is a way that government does any- and everything but govern.
Minnesota, about 1/2 hour to my left flank, is in the process of legalizing “marriage equality,” meaning a few nice shindigs in Minneapolis. The big city has ample downtown gay clubs, an Episcopal cathedral, and the University of Minnesota formerly-Golden-now-Rainbow Gophers.
As MN resident John Hinderaker of Powerline puts it, “Who Cares About Unemployment When We’ve Got Gay Marriage?”
Minnesota, about 1/2 hour to my left flank, is in the process of legalizing “marriage equality,” meaning a few nice shindigs in Minneapolis. The big city has ample downtown gay clubs, an Episcopal cathedral, and the University of Minnesota formerly-Golden-now-Rainbow Gophers.
As MN resident John Hinderaker of Powerline puts it, “Who Cares About Unemployment When We’ve Got Gay Marriage?”
Today the Minnesota Senate passed a bill authorizing gay marriage which will be signed into law by our governor, Mark Dayton. That is the context for this text, which my oldest daughter sent me a few minutes ago:
“If I had a dollar for every #time4marriage hashtag on my feed I’d be rich. Someone should start a #time4jobs trend, seeing as there are approx. twice as many unemployed Americans as gay Americans.”
She was being conservative, it is actually more like five times as many, if you count the people who have given up. Maybe if our young people stay unemployed long enough (my daughter, happily, has a job) they will start to catch on.
But probably not at a Minnesota brewery. In addition to raising the top income tax rate to an anticipated 12%–on top of a federal rate of 39%, plus 3% for Medicare–our Democratic legislature is contemplating a 600% increase in the tax on beer…He includes a statement by a Minnesota brewery, appropriately named Surly,
– Minnesota’s beer taxes are already 81 percent higher than Wisconsin, 33 percent higher than Iowa, 20 percent higher than South Dakota, and 22 percent higher than North Dakota – even BEFORE this proposed increase.
A 600 percent tax increase is bad for business, no matter how you slice it, and this proposal comes at a crucial time for Minnesota craft beer. …
At Surly, as we continue to expand, we will soon outgrow Minnesota’s small brewer excise tax exemption. If this tax is increased 600 percent, as proposed, it will deal us a serious blow while we try to make more beer. It will affect how much you pay for your beer. We realize that ultimately no one likes taxes but this proposed increase punishes growth and success, and a 600 percent increase is just plain unreasonable.Unreasonable? How dare those surly Surly people say such a thing about a state government so invested in the pursuit of justice for the Minneapolis elite. Stupid Joe Six Pack plebes. Go home to your dumpy little towns and shut up.
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