• HOW DEEP A HOLE? -- How high would taxes need to go to pay off this year's $1.5 trillion deficit?  According to the Tax Foundation, one option is to raise the top three tax brackets to 100% -- and this STILL wouldn't be enough.

• POSSIBLY THE BEST TEA PARTY SPEECH EVER-- Some people were born to speak. This woman is one of them.

• MONEY MAGAZINE: EDEN PRAIRIE IS NUMBER ONE -- Four years ago Democrats warned that a Republican majority on the Eden Prairie Council would lead to Eden Prairie's destruction. Just ask Money Magazine: “At 5.1 percent, its unemployment rate is nearly one percentage point below the county rate and more than four points below the national average. It helps when you’ve got 50,000 jobs right in town.” Congratulations Mayor Phil Young and Councilmembers Jon Duckstad and Brad Aho on a job well done!

• PAWLENTY: TIME FOR OBAMA TO MAKE SACRIFICES -- “Washington under President Barack Obama is not just broken -- it's broke. When Obama entered office, he inherited a budget deficit that reflected the toxic combination of recession, bailouts and runaway entitlement programs. But rather than getting the government's finances under control, Obama and his allies in Congress poured gasoline on the fire with trillion-dollar boondoggles.”

• “THIS DEBT IS CANCER” -- From the Washington Post: “Obama's debt commission warns of fiscal cancer. The commission leaders said that, at present, federal revenues are fully consumed by just three programs: Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.” Everything else is going on the credit card. Sorry kids!

• 50 DEAD-SIMPLE WAYS FOR THE U.S. TO CUT ITS BUDGET -- Some of these are pretty funny until you realize that it's your money they are wasting.

• THE EDUCATION DEBACLE OF THE DECADE -- Why would politicians end a program that is helping kids learn?

• ILLINOIS STOPS PAYING ITS BILLS -- Obama's home state is now facing financial ruin. With a Democrat governor and a Democrat legislature, the state can no longer pay for basic services.

• LOWER TAXES, CREATE JOBS -- It shouldn't surprise anyone that the nine states without an income tax are growing far faster and attracting more people than are the nine states with the highest income tax rates.

• LOWER TAXES, CREATE JOBS -- It shouldn't surprise anyone that the nine states without an income tax are growing far faster and attracting more people than are the nine states with the highest income tax rates.

• POLICIES MATTER -- According to the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council, Minnesota now ranks #49 out of 50 states for business climate.