Gov Tim Walz Wants to Run in 2028 Even as Minnesota Budget Deficit Hits $6 Billion

Minnesota has a population of less than 6 million. It also has a $6 billion deficit. That’s $1,000 for every man, woman, child, and Rep. Ilhan Omar brother, husband, and unclassified family member in the state.

Better still Minnesota’s last budget was $72 billion. Compare that to Missouri which has a larger population and a $54 billion budget. Or Colorado, slightly smaller, which has a $38 billion budget.

In 2019, when Gov. Tim Walz first took office, Minnesota’s budget was $40 billion. That’s up more than $32 billion in 5 years. Or almost double.

Based on this fantastic track record, Gov. Walz recently replied that he was open to a 2028 presidential run. “I would certainly consider that.”

Meanwhile what was supposed to be a $5 billion budget deficit is now a $6 billion budget deficit. A billion here and a billion there, and you’re looking at real money.

In a true sign of leadership, Gov. Walz is taking full responsibility for the problem by blaming Trump. “Basically, the only thing that’s changed since November is, is Donald Trump’s chaos to the economy,” he complained about his previous claim that the state has a balanced budget.

But it is a mystery where all that money is going what with the state’s sensible fiscal spending on $250 million in Somali food welfare fraud and autism fraud that shot up from $6 million to $192 million in 5 years.

So it’s a mystery where all that money is going, but based on that previous track record, it appears to be paying for trips to Mecca and Walz’s failed educational reforms which tanked the system.

The massive $2.2 billion education spending bill passed by Minnesota Democrats last year officially brought up spending to $7,281 per pupil, but not only is there little evidence that the per pupil spending ratio leads to improved education outcomes with some schools in the state that have been spending as much as $31,000 per student producing zero percent proficiency, but much of the money actually went to putting more of Education Minnesota (EM) teachers’ union members along with more administrators, school nurses and social workers on the payroll, and enacting a controversial “ethnic studies” program that critics say brings racism into schools.

In 2017, the year before the election that put Walz in charge of Minnesota, solid majorities of students were proficient in reading and math, and even science scores in the state were passable. Walz however ran as an educator and promised that he could do better.

In 2017, 59% of Minnesota students tested as proficient in math. By 2024, that number had dropped catastrophically by more than 13% down to 45.5%.

With a track record like that, why not run for president? It still beats the track records of potential opponents like Gov. Newsom and Mayor ‘Pete’ Buttigieg who ran their respective state and city into the ground.

Time for Walz to put on his best unused duck hunting gear and talk about all the times he lied about his military service so he could rob taxpayers blind and turn the money over to Somalia.