And the image fits Strib New Year's Day reporting about one of Gov. Dayton's first scheduled official substantive and ceremonial acts, making things clear:
Dayton to sign Medicaid executive order
Associated Press Update: January 1, 2011 - 10:39 AM
Dayton will be sworn in Monday. On Tuesday he plans to sign the order in the governor's reception room at the state Capitol. The public is invited to attend.
A news release from the Democratic governor-elect says expanding the state's Medicaid program will provide new or improved health care coverage to over 95,000 Minnesotans and retain 20,000 health care-related jobs.
He is coming in with a broom, and sweeping intentional callousness out the door and not "under any rug" of indifference or delay. Delay lasted years. As a policy choice.
BRAVO, Senator-Governor-humanitarian Dayton.
What's not to like about this long-overdue step?
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Minn Progressive Project, at this link.
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Counterargument, here.