OUR FUTURE DEPENDS ON US...

Spending -         Tell the politicians: They to make real cuts to the state budget and put
                           controls back at the home and the local level. 

Healthcare -       The federal and state governments should remove themselves from the market 
                          and allow all of us to choose our own providers and our own plans.

Education  -      Our return on investment has been seriously compromised.  We can do much
                         better.  Better methods, less waste and much less money.  Local control.

Jobs -               Jobs are created by individuals not governments.  Government involvment in the
                         market ruins real opportunity and innovation.  Government creation of jobs takes
                         money from individuals and families.  This is thievery disguised as goodness.
 
Constitution -    The federal government is a monster that needs a cage.  The Constitution, 
                         including the Bill of Rights is that cage.  The state of Minnesota needs to reassert
                         it's rights as a member of the Union. 

Taxes -               The issue of taxes is often a diversion from the real issue, spending.  We need to
                          cut our state budget and aggressively reform our tax system.  Many "fees" also 
                          need to be reformed or abolished.

Small Business - Businesses, small and large, will benefit their employees and our state when
                           the legislature and Governor repeal the 9.8% corporate tax and reduce the
                           amount of mandates placed on them.

"God is still God. Let our faith rest in him and not the institutions of man. But, let us not be lazy any longer about our knowledge of history, or our present situations, and let us plan our steps thinking 100 years into the future. May we be willing to suffer a little now for the sake of those yet to be born into this great nation!"  Dean Mahlstedt