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Dave Kruse Advances to Top Level of GOP North Stars Program
1st Congressional District Republican Party of Minnesota
Office of the Chair – Steve Perkins – 507-920-3532
For Immediate Release
October 11, 2010
Dave Kruse Advances to Top Level of GOP North Stars Program
HD23B Republican Reaches ‘North Star’ Status in Clear Path to Victory
The First Congressional District Republican Party (CD1GOP) announced today that Dave Kruse (HD23B- Mankato and surrounding areas) has been designated a North Star in its two-tiered GOP North Stars program. By advancing to the top level Kruse has proven his ability to build a winning campaign and achieve substantial fundraising goals.
“Dave Kruse has proven his ability to take on career politician Kathy Brynaert, a rank and file liberal Democrat who aligns more with Minneapolis and St. Paul party leaders than southern Minnesota,” said Steve Perkins, the CD1GOP chair. “Rep. Brynaert is a follower. She votes the failed Democratic Party line that extends from Minneapolis-St. Paul up to Reid, Pelosi, and Obama. She endorses Obamacare and she thinks the answer to all of Minnesota’s problems is to raise taxes on Minnesota’s hard working citizens.”
Perkins said, “As a self employed father, Dave Kruse understands the challenges of providing for a family in southern Minnesota’s economy. Dave has made clear his commitment to representing the needs of southern Minnesota. Dave Kruse is a longtime Mankato resident and alum of Bethany Lutheran College and MSU, Mankato. Kruse knows his generation will pay the bill for today’s state and federal budget deficits.
The GOP North Star program is dedicated to electing open seat and challenger candidates throughout Minnesota’s 1st Congressional District. The North Star status is a symbol that Dave Kruse is ready to take on Kathy Brynaert and her failed policies of the past. Perkins said, “It is time for the return to common sense government and Dave Kruse is the perfect fit for this district.”
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RLC-Minnesota Endorses Dave Kruse for House 23B
On August 30 the Republican Liberty Caucus of Minnesota announced its endorsement of Dave Kruse in the Minnesota House district 23B race, naming him as a candidate who will restore fiscal responsibility, individual liberty, and reduced size to state government
“Our state government is living well beyond its means, and Minnesotans are feeling the consequences of the DFL-led legislature’s inability to set the state’s spending priorities given the realities of current revenues,” said state RLC Chairman David FitzSimmons.
Founded in 1990, the Republican Liberty Caucus works to advance the principles of individual rights, limited government and free enterprise within the Republican Party. The Minnesota Chapter was chartered in 2003.
Farm Bureau Endorses Dave Kruse for House 23B
On August 19 the Minnesota Farm Bureau announced its endorsement of Dave Kruse in the Minnesota House district 23B race, as the candidate who most strongly supports Farm Bureau policies. House district 23B includes the city of Mankato.
The Farm Bureau is a non-partisan, national farm-based organization. Minnesota Farm Bureau endorses both individual Republicans and Democrats based on their support for Farm Bureau policies. “Sustainability is directly tied to profitability,” says MFBF President Kevin Paap, “In order for agriculture to remain a vital part of our state and nation’s economy, Farm Bureau will advocate for policies that positively impact farm and ranch profitability.”
Letter to the Editor: State spending doesn’t boost economy
Printed in the Mankato Free Press:
In Rep. Kathy Brynaert’s recent My View about investing in infrastructure, she recognized Minnesota is struggling with unemployment.
She pointed out that of the $1.2 billion deficit for the current budget, about 70 percent is due to lower tax revenue. However, the bonding bill she advocates has little to do with infrastructure and will only put Minnesota deeper in debt.
Minnesota’s state expenditures increased from approximately $17.6 billion in 2000 to an expected $30.2 billion in 2010. Other states have burdened their citizens with such an immense load of debt that potential taxpayers are leaving, and these states are unable to pay their growing debt.
Governmental indebtedness is social and economic poison. Increasing state spending and debt will only shrink our state’s economy.
Taxpayers are leaving Minnesota. The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Census Bureau reports that between 2002 and 2009, Minnesota lost 54,113 residents to other states.
A report by the Freedom Foundation of Minnesota analyzing census and IRS data shows above average income earners are moving to states with lower taxes. This trend suggests Minnesota does not offer a comparatively vibrant economic climate. Minnesota needs sustainable jobs. Rep. Brynaert claims there is agreement that state spending grows economies, but she is wrong. Economists do not agree that the discredited, Depression-era theory of state spending she bases her legislative work on spurs economic growth. Sustainable jobs and family wealth come from ordinary Minnesotans working and investing their own money in businesses.
No politician can do this for them. As an optimistic financial realist, I support keeping money and power in the capable hands of the people.
