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ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Governor Distinguish Dayton knows the value of human props, and when it comes to pitching a new public works construction bonding bill, it's hard to wallop a room full of people in hard hats.
Dozens of laid off construction workers flanked Gov. Dayton Tuesday when he introduced his 2012 bonding arrange, which calls for borrowing $775 million through the sale of broad obligation bonds.
"Skeptics can divide and doubt, but the indisputable truly is that this bill would put many thousand Minnesotans to work," Dayton told reporters at the Governmental Capitol.
While some will quibble with the figure he gave -- 21,000 jobs -- the larger check for Dayton is that the Republicans, who control both chambers of the Minnesota Legislature, have never warmed up to the end of casting a public works construction bill as a jobs bill.
They expectation those jobs as temporary, and would rather focus on streamlining business regulations and lowering proceeds taxes for business owners and individuals. Republicans experience less urgency this session because they agreed to a $500 million bonding bill last July, as part of a lot with Dayton to end the stalemate that led to the state government shutdown.
Source: KARE