Following the December Budget Forecast that revealed a $4.8 billion budget deficit, House Democrats issued a press release that began:

BUDGET DEFICIT DEMANDS DECISIVE ACTION
Legislative leaders will take strong and decisive action to address a projected $4.8 billion shortfall for 2010-11 and an additional $426   million in the current budget year.

Since then, however, House Democrats have been anything but strong and decisive: One bill passed off the House floor during the whole month and more than 30 committees canceled their meetings, including six canceled meetings while Democrats were celebrating the presidential inauguration.

Three weeks into the session, Minnesota Democrats announced that their top priority is…waiting for federal money.  State government is spending $2 million per day more than it takes in and the Democrats top priority is to wait and see how much federal debt gets sent Minnesota’s way.  To date, they decline to offer their own plan for how to balance the budget deficit and consistently refuse to answer questions from the press about when or if they will propose a tax increase.