Tim Pawlenty in Club for Growth 2012 Presidential White Papers

On Education: Pro-school choice policies; including pro-charter laws

The first Charter School was opened in Minnesota in 1992, so we are pleased that Governor Pawlenty has carried on the tradition of pro-school choice policies. A 2010 report on state charter school laws by that organization rated Minnesota #1 in the country, and praised pro-charter laws passed while Pawlenty was Governor.

In a 2008 report, Minnesota was tied for fifth most pro-school choice state. Minnesota received high marks for education tax credits, but scored zero on both the voucher and scholarship categories of the report. Minnesota was also the only state to offer a refundable education tax credit to low income families. In 2010, Pawlenty proposed a strongly pro-school choice education bill which included allowing successful charter schools to open additional sites. In 2011, he issued a statement praising the U.S. House for passing a bill that reinstated the Washington, D.C. school voucher program opposed by President Obama.

Source: Club for Growth 2012 Presidential White Paper #1: Gingrich May 24, 2011

On Government Reform: Government control of campaign finance is flawed

Pawlenty said in 2008 that "Watching campaign finance reform, having been involved in it somewhat at a state level, the premise that government can control this stuff, or should control this stuff, is flawed. No matter what they do to regulate it, it always seeps out somewhere else, so I think a better system would probably have to have full disclosure, real time, online, instant disclosure--but quit pretending, both as a constitutional principle, or as a matter of politics, that government can contain this."

He told RedState.com that "the McCain-Feingold legislation in my view is flawed and I don't agree with aspects of it and I think that [there] are potential serious constitutional issues relating to it."

In 2010, Pawlenty signed a bill passed by Minnesota's Legislature that brought the state's campaign finance laws in line with the pro-free speech case Citizens United v. FEC.

Source: Club for Growth 2012 Presidential White Paper #1: Gingrich May 24, 2011

On Social Security: 2004: strong supporter of personal accounts

On Social Security, Pawlenty favors means testing as a way to help solve the program's unfunded liabilities and is willing to consider raising the retirement age. Back in 2004, Pawlenty was a strong supporter of personal accounts, saying "let people have some discretion, some choice. I think that's a reasonable and fair thing." Source: Club for Growth 2012 Presidential White Paper #1: Gingrich May 24, 2011

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