Special Delivery: Pawlenty Sends $1.4 Billion in Health-Care Funding to Other States
Governor gets ball rolling for Tom Emmer to continue forfeiting thousands of jobs in hospitals and clinics
St. Paul (June 22, 2010) - Governor Pawlenty sent a letter to the Health & Human Services Commissioner today, officially announcing his intention to send $1.4 billion in federal health-care funding to other states. State DFL Chair Brian Melendez released this statement:
"Giving $1.4 billion away to other states will eliminate thousands of jobs in hospitals and clinics in Minnesota, will place unnecessary strain on our own state budget, and will hinder our ability to create jobs and opportunity here in Minnesota. Governor Pawlenty's action today is just another valentine to the far-right wing as he fights to promote his own ambition and paves the way for Tom Emmer to continue his extreme, failed Republican policies."
GOP-endorsed gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer has also pledged to decline the $1.4 billion in federal funding, but has offered no ideas for the future otherwise. Governor Pawlenty's decision would get the ball rolling for Tom Emmer to continue the failed Pawlenty policies that eliminated countless jobs and created the looming budget deficit in Minnesota.
Today is the 53rd day since Tom Emmer was hand-picked by Sarah Palin and endorsed by the Republican Party of Minnesota - still no budget plan.
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