To the editor:

Minnesota has what is being called a surplus of $7.7 billion. The governor wants to only “give” a fraction of that back and expect us to be grateful? Or, perhaps provide him with a vote in November?

How much administrative cost will it be in order to pass out this small fraction along with insuring that “only” those that provided this surplus gets their fair share?

Wouldn’t it be cheaper and easier to reduce each legal Minnesota taxpayers burden by 10 or 15% for however long it would take to differ this 7.7 billion back to the taxpayer? Wouldn’t that prevent much of the overhead, miss payments and fraudulent claims to that money?

We should be growing weary of politicians attempting to gain political points by “giving” something back that they should have never “taken” in the first place. This “surplus” needs to be seen as it should be seen. An unnecessary and over burdening TAX structure!!!

We are being overcharged by politicians and bureaucrats that just can’t seem to spend enough on pie in the sky boondoggles. The light rail debacle overseen by the “un-elected” Metropolitan Council which is currently up to a cost of $3,000 per inch. 99% of us living in the land of rocks and cows will not benefit from that rail, but we will be held accountable to pay for it. Just one example.

Is that what we voted these officials in for? Setting up bureaucracies to do these things so they can point their finger at someone other than themselves when it falls short of expectations?

We don’t need more Democrats or more Republicans to be elected in order to straighten this out. We need people with honor, integrity and loyalty to our Constitution, our freedoms, liberties and property to set things straight.

Roger Baumann

Wabasso