It’s naive to say the state shouldn’t compete with private business because Idaho’s organic act and Constitution set the state up to act as a landowning business so certain charitable and educational institutions would always be funded.

As long as the Land Board (5 constitutionally elected officers) has a Republican majority, it will continue to make sweetheart land exchanges with other R real estate developers (HUGE political contributors) and acquire more buildings and businesses to compete with the private sector.

A tip for you because, although I hate liberals, I hate entrenched leadership even more.

I had the pleasure of watching this man work his magic in person:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfZuplTlu4M

Example: I like Al Franken because he was his own man before politics… He has his own money in his pocket. I don’t like his liberal mindset, but I respect his outsiders points of view.

But Obama is so bad, that even Al is having to hide… In communist Minnesota no less!

ie: http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/finding-al-franken-20140828

Hope and change baby!

Glad to hear he’s not taking the national money.

Idaho used to have respectable Dem leadership which helped repair the LBJ damage and pushed back against Nixon/Ford. Some good work was done in the 70’s by Idaho Dems on the state and national level.

Idaho could go Dem fairly easily now. Boise city basically is now. Bieter is. Plus the huge welfare rate. Plus the rich liberal idiots of Blaine. However, the Dem party has been hi-jacked by unimportant social issues since Clinton which only impact about 2% of the total population (and 70% of Catholic priests.) No matter how you package it, Four hairy-legs all tangled together is a huge turnoff to nearly everyone… and especially the low-wage low-education socially conservative Hispanics.

And you are correct, there are not really Dems in Idaho, Thus the national party does not pay attention. What we have are several factions in the Rep party.

Lastly, I wear my tinfoil hat proudly. And like a broken watch, it’s correct twice a day… a far better average than too much of our leadership.

Also, you’re a conspiracy nut if you think Idaho dems are controlled by anyone outside Idaho. Regional and National dems don’t send any money here and don’t do squat for us so we could care less. When national dems do come, we work them for what they got, not vice versa.

I won’t vote for a democrat because of the (D) fools that run the country right now. Happy to hear he believes in private business ownership. However, I’m concerned that anyone with a (D) by their name will do what they’re told by the USSA central government.

Ever here of the lesser (by light years) of two evils?

Sounds, and looks from all the smarmy, repetitious ads, like AJ has so much money that he is trying to buy the office.