[Speed Gibson,
Friday April 22, 2005 at 12:23am]
Sauce for the Goose
John Gunyou has yet another opinion piece in Wednesday's Minneapolis Star Tribune. Did I hear that he was running for Governor in 2006?
He chides Phil Krinke on a general budget claim that is off 1 or 2 percent, and even that assumes the context is as Gunyou infers. And note that Gunyou quoted the general fund; Krinke did not.
But then his reasoning collapses into non-sequiturs like using tobacco settlement money somehow made the budget gap worse. In fact, the $2 billion increase in revenue/spending is only $1 billion as a result? Why? Because we have to repay the tobacco fund? No explanation in given.
That said, he now calls Phil Krinke a callous liar with a personal tale that he twists into a broad indictment. He is not to be trusted, this, this, Tom DeLay of Minnesota!
I don't trust John Gunyou, except to raise taxes. He has published many flawed articles in the MST recently, some of which I have debunked.
In fact, Phil Krinke could write almost exactly the same article about Jim Gunyou. Start by showing how Gunyou got a figure or two wrong, however slightly. Make some confusing statements about his proposals, then trot out the homily about truth and BS. What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. Only this article might be closer to the truth.
He chides Phil Krinke on a general budget claim that is off 1 or 2 percent, and even that assumes the context is as Gunyou infers. And note that Gunyou quoted the general fund; Krinke did not.
But then his reasoning collapses into non-sequiturs like using tobacco settlement money somehow made the budget gap worse. In fact, the $2 billion increase in revenue/spending is only $1 billion as a result? Why? Because we have to repay the tobacco fund? No explanation in given.
That said, he now calls Phil Krinke a callous liar with a personal tale that he twists into a broad indictment. He is not to be trusted, this, this, Tom DeLay of Minnesota!
I don't trust John Gunyou, except to raise taxes. He has published many flawed articles in the MST recently, some of which I have debunked.
In fact, Phil Krinke could write almost exactly the same article about Jim Gunyou. Start by showing how Gunyou got a figure or two wrong, however slightly. Make some confusing statements about his proposals, then trot out the homily about truth and BS. What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. Only this article might be closer to the truth.