Minnesotans are willing to pay more taxes for more prosperity

[emu steve]

MN used to view itself as the most liberal state in the nation and prided itself of how well governed the state was.

Walter Mondale pretty well epitomizes the liberal politicians of MN from days gone by.

In other parts of the country [[e.g., Northern Va.) Arlington County, Fairfax County, etc. are very liberal and are proud of their reputations as being very, very well governed counties. [[folks in Arlington jokingly refer to themselves as the "Peoples Republic of Arlington").

BTW, Fairfax County has about 1.1M residents which is more than a number of states. Fairfax is no small hamlet.

But Arlington, Fairfax, etc. are non-industrial areas which never really suffered from globalization [[they didn't produce good which could be made over seas) and hence has excellent employment, education, low crime, etc.

Crime, poverty, etc. aren't exactly random events. They occur in areas of low educational attainment, high unemployment, etc. etc.

Even Washington, D.C. has seen a very large influx of younger, higher educated workers has seen huge drops in crime [[e.g., murder) over the last 20 years as educational attainment, employment, incomes, etc. rise.

I tell readers here, D.C. is a text book example of how a large city with problems [[and yes D.C. was in bad shape a couple decades ago) can turn itself around. But the key is a very strong, growing employment base. Without jobs no city thrives.

[Hermod]

Walter Mondale pretty well epitomizes the liberal politicians of MN from days gone by.

Mondale was "mini-me" to the liberal giant Hubert Humphrey. HH had his name over all of the great social programs. The left just abandoned HH because as VP he supported LBJs war in Vietnam.