Kitchen Table Conversations: I Want my Minnesota Back!
Channel: Minnesota 2020
Date: 2011-07-12

The state shutdown has forced thousands of state workers out of a job and stunted infrastructure progress.  
It is also making many people take a step back and examine the role of government in our lives.  Looking at government services is like looking under the hood of a car: you know what most of the parts do, but you don't know what you couldn't get along without.  During the shutdown we're daily being reminded about the peripheral functions of government that we take for granted every day.  
We need a Minnesota that let's all do better when we all do better.