Heuresis

"I cannot accept a Minnesota where elderly widows are denied the at-home services that permit them to remain healthy and able to live in their own homes or a Minnesota where local governments have to further slash their firefighters and police forces or a Minnesota where special education is being cut so that millionaires do not have to pay one more dollar in taxes… That is not Minnesota."

Minnesota governor Mark Dayton in a statement issued shortly before the state government was shut down, following the failure by legislature and governor to reach a compromise on the budget. Source: Monica Davey, “Budget Fight Shuts Down Minnesota Government,” NYTimes.com (July 1, 2011).