12 in 2012: Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty

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Uploaded by on Nov 9, 2010

When Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty took over the state's executive office in 2003, Minnesota was facing a more than $4 billion budget shortfall -- an amount that was nearly 20 percent of the state's budget.

Minnesota's left-leaning Legislature wanted to raise the state's gas, alcohol and income taxes, but Pawlenty refused. Instead, he scoured the books and cut the budget by $3 billion. READ MORE: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/11/08/tim-pawlenty-skipped-mccain-set-bi...

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  • He's "popular"? Really? He never won 50% of the vote in a MN election. And that "frugal budgeter" left a 6 billion dollar deficit in MN for his successor to deal with!

  • kool a documentary !

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