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Dan Gerber

Mpls, MN
Commenter for
3 years 38 weeks

Recent Comments

Posted on 07/07/10 at 02:38 am in response to Emmer's minimum-wage fallout: Who makes $100,000 as a waiter or bartender?

Ha ha! to the "poll dancer" typo. I don't
know if it includes political pollsters,
but Survey Researchers for MN top out
at $76,300 (10% more, 90% less), median at
$54,000, and low at $30,200 (10% less, 90% more). Actually better pay for the middle and low scale in MN than nationally. Market
Research Analysts do much better from
$108,300 - $69,300 - $43,900.
Source:...

Posted on 06/22/10 at 02:18 am in response to A closer look at what Emmer says about cutting the budget

If Rep. Emmer ran a delicatessen your sandwich
would have very thinly sliced baloney, er, uh,
bologna.

Posted on 07/05/10 at 02:34 am in response to You're paying for 'free' parking

To Karen S: You may not be too far off. Try a Google
search on "minneapolis st. paul street car history"
and you'll find it was alleged that G.M. had a hand
in dismantling the street car system here. You can
still ride a preserved street car at Lake Harriet in
Minneapolis.

I commute by bus to work downtown, and walking from
my stop to work on 4th Avenue past the Hennepin County
Gov't Center I have to dodge around news vehicles (TV, typically)...

Posted on 05/28/10 at 01:30 am in response to Can Democrats counter GOP's popular bumper-sticker message: 'Honk if you love Freedom'?

@James, #37

Freedom? How about including Richie Havens?
What a spontaneous riff that was!

Posted on 04/16/10 at 02:09 am in response to An inconvenient tax truth: We've had plenty of tax cuts

A number of things to note here: Looking at last year's form vs this year's, my federal tax went from $340 to $13; EIC from $2,472 to $62 (my daughter is out of college and living at home); the child tax credit is gone for a number of years because of her age. I did benefit from the "making work pay" for 2009. According to the tax program I use, my nominal federal rate is 10%, effective rate 0. I filed both federal and state electronically and received direct deposits for them in about a...

Posted on 02/24/10 at 01:16 am in response to Obama health plan includes provisions from Minnesota lawmakers

Was it back in 2003 (or after) when Medicare recipients had to choose a medical and drug plan? I helped a family member
and the choices were mind-numbing. I recall that there were
plans from out of state as well as plans based here in MN.
If that's what's being touted as an "exchange" I'm not
favorably impressed. Too many choices, too confusing.

Posted on 02/24/10 at 02:03 am in response to Pawlenty dishes out red meat to CPAC crowd

In an effort to contribute something to a civil insurance
debate, I'll say that I generally agree with Governor Pawlenty's 5th point in the Washington Post piece (point
3 in this article); finding ways to deal with job-switching, portability, preexisting conditions, and job loss. I see an HSA as a solution only for those able to put money aside for that.

I'm skeptical about exchanges, point 4 in the WP article. Has anyone here helped someone select a Medicare drug plan?...

Posted on 02/18/10 at 02:14 am in response to Pawlenty's budget fix may take 'last dime' of enrollees in public health-care program

So, where are the incensed "tea party" proponents over the
"death panels" now?

Posted on 02/06/10 at 06:03 am in response to Michele Bachmann: Fourth most loathsome American?

Speaking of cowboy movies, researchers "across
the pond" found that found people react faster when reacting to an action than the one initiating the action. See the story here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8493092.stm

Posted on 10/28/09 at 02:28 am in response to Kiffmeyer relationship with bank not interesting enough?

What did Jesus do? He threw the money changers and
profiteers out of the temple. I'm guessing they'd
have been thrown out of Wall Street too.