Governor Arne H. Carlson asked Minnesota Planning to look over government spending for the state of Minnesota. She wanted to see if her expectations and disbursement of money towards health spending were correct. According to John Hustad, deputy director of Minnesota Planning, government spending was indeed given to health expenditures and he foresees health spending to rise over the next few years. One reason for the rise is the aging of Minnesota's population.
             Also stated in this article was the breakdown of Medical Assistance. In the past fourteen years, government health spending accounted for seventy-five percent of the increase. One hundred ninety three thousand people were enrolled in Medical Assistance in the year nineteen hundred ninety three than in nineteen hundred eighty. They believe there was such a high increase because of three factors. These three factors are because the number of people in poverty increased, population aged and now some people need long-term care, and lastly, there were changes in public policy that allowed more people to be eligible and now had new services.
             Kaz, How Government Spending Creates Jobs, http://www.siteofthesentient.com/inframe/spending.html.
             There are and always will be arguments regarding government spending. One argument
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