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DFL Party Chair: Where's Emmer's plan on jobs?

Posted at 11:31 AM on May 1, 2010 by Tom Scheck (1 Comments)
Filed under: Campaign 2010, Campaign 2010: Minnesota Governor

Democrats are criticizing Tom Emmer, the newly endorsed Republican candidate for governor, for not putting forward a jobs plan. Republican delegates endorsed Emmer on Friday and it's likely he'll be the party's candidate in November because he's facing no serious primary challenge. DFL Party Chair Brian Melendez says Emmer isn't focused on fixing the economy.

"The biggest problem facing Minnesotans is the economy and particularly the shortfall in jobs and the historic number of layoffs, Melendez said. "That really needs to be the issue of the campaign and yet Emmer has spent all of his time talking this week about immigration, last week co-sponsoring a bill to nullify federal legislation in Minnesota. These wedge issues that don't really have anything to do with balanced leadership."

Emmer says cutting government spending and taxes will increase economic activity in the state. He and other Republican leaders also say the party is united behind him while Democrats face a primary fight between Minnesota House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher, former U.S. Senator Mark Dayton and former legislator Matt Entenza.

Comments (1)

Let's see how many construction jobs will be added if home mortgages in default are unattended, banks are unregulated, and tax incentives are stopped.

Let's see if there's a way to reconcile a severe shortage of farm jobs with why immigrant workers are trying to get to Minnesota fields. Or is it really just brown workers he wants to keep away, needed or not.

How well will small businesses fare and how many new jobs will they add with post-secondary education less available? Is the plan to increase employment by a race to the bottom for tuition-financing jobs like waiting on tables or parking attendant? Weren't work-study jobs cut? Teaching assistant positions?

Posted by Ol' Time Liberal | May 2, 2010 6:21 PM

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