Money for nothing

Thanks to classic Twin Cities agitprop like the following, the liberal DFL in the Legislature still believes in the "Minnesota Miracle," a.k.a. Money for Nothing:

"Given how tight money and budgets are these days, it's hard to imagine any county government turning its back on millions of dollars. But on Tuesday, there were indications that Carver and Scott counties would do just that by not partaking of a $100 million pot of money for metro-area counties that implement a recently approved quarter-cent optional sales tax for transit projects." ("Smaller counties not sold on new tax," StarTribune, March 12, 2008)

"Money for Nothing" is an illusion, but this year's session has been an orgy of redistribution of wealth. If you live outstate, vote against the sales tax increase. If you live in the Twin Cities, contact your county commissioner and urge him or her to oppose the sales tax increase. Otherwise, the DFL will keep singing their same old song...

Now look at them yo-yos, that's the way you do it
You raise their taxes for the LRT
That ain't workin' that's the way you do it
Money for nothin' and pork for free
Now that ain't workin', that's the way you do it
Lemme tell ya them guys ain't dumb
Maybe get a mention in a right-wing blog
Maybe get a ho-hum from the voters next fall

We gotta get those trains to nowhere
Commuter rail to Saint Cloud
We gotta get those trains to Chi-Town
We gotta get that Central Corridor rail

Raise the sales tax without referendum
Raise the sales tax, the voters they won't care
Raise the sales tax for an open-air ballpark
It's for Pohlad, he's a billionaire!

We gotta get those trains to nowhere
Commuter rail to Saint Cloud
We gotta get those trains to Chi-Town
We gotta get that Central Corridor rail

Borrow money for new college classrooms
Borrow money for the Como Zoo
Get taxes for hockey in Bemidji and Duluth
Man we could have some fun
Pay Big Ag to burn our food for fuel
Metro roads and bridges can wait in line
That ain't workin' that's the way you do it
Get your money for nothin' and your pork for free

I want my
I want my
I want my LRT
I want my
I want my
I want my LRT
Money for nothin'!
Pork for free!