Paper cuts or rotten sandwiches?
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The Senate Finance Committee is holding a hearing on Gov. Pawlenty's budget proposal and it's providing interesting comments from lawmakers. DFL Sen. Steve Murphy is working pretty hard to offer a few analogies of Pawlenty's budget. Here are two:
Do you want to die of a bloody hatchet or a million paper cuts?
It's a rotten sandwich that everyone has to take a bite of.
Vote now! Which is better?
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