Today I unveiled my plan to make jobs, jobs, jobs the foundation of a Bakk Administration. Last week, more than 174,000 Minnesotans collected an unemployment check and each week in October more than 500 people exhausted their unemployment benefits. Until people are back to work, there won't be the revenue necessary to invest in the areas Minnesotans value, such as education and health care.
During the 1981-82 recession I was out of work and ran out of unemployment. I am speaking from the heart when I talk about the importance of having a paycheck on Friday to take care of a family's needs and how I understand the stress Minnesotans without a job are facing. When I talk about the need to get people back to work to address the state's financial challenges, I am speaking from my experience as chair of the Senate Tax Committee.
To learn more about my proposal, visit my website.
Our next governor must unite labor and business, Democrats and Republicans, and rural, suburban, and urban interests to move Minnesota forward. I am the candidate who has built the relationships that span all of those interests and can bring everyone together.
