Do we really want to share Governor Plenty with the nation?

Aren’t we glad we have Tim? Are we really sure that we want to share him with the nation?

His Excellency, Timothy Pawlenty, Governor of the once-Great State of Minnesota, has always been against new taxes. [Increased fees are a different thing. Ask anybody who has been tagged for a seat belt violation or tried to buy a pack of cigarettes.]

He even wants to give us a break on our sales taxes, a really big one. It will save one cent every time you spend eight bucks.

But to make up for that he wants to reduce the property tax credit for renters and renters only. [As any GOP insider can tell you, tenants are second class people for the most part, anyway who aren’t going to vote, or if they do, will not vote for people like Governor Plenty, anyway.]

A Minnesota Monitor post today by Jeff Fecke [How Tim Pawlenty's tax cut helps you] gives some more illumination, ending with the following revealing paragraphs:

Yes, if you're the type of consumer that makes big-ticket purchases of electronics -- not to mention yachts, where you could save $250 on a $200,000 purchase -- you might actually see some benefit from Tim Pawlenty's big tax cut.

Incidentally, Pawlenty did call for one tax increase on Friday. Well, not so much an increase, really, but a decrease in the property tax credit for renters, from 19 percent to 16 percent. Now, if you pay $950 a month for your 2-bedroom apartment, that will cost you an extra $342 next year.

Again: Aren’t we glad we have Tim? Are we really sure that we want to share him with the nation?