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Gerald Abrahamson

Minneapolis, MN
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5 years 27 weeks

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Posted on 04/11/13 at 12:59 pm in response to Dead: Sanford takeover of Fairview

on somebody else. Now what is THAT not a surprise....

'The anti-tax ad campaign is up and running. The AP says: “A coalition of Minnesota business groups on Wednesday launched statewide campaign-style advertising that’s critical of tax increase proposals from Gov. Mark Dayton and legislative Democrats.'

Republicans created, wrote, and passed a wealth tax in 2011--and it was collected in 2012-2013 (and is ongoing as you read this). It raised over $10-million/year in revenues. So...

Posted on 03/25/13 at 10:35 am in response to Minnesota accepted gambling industry's e-pulltab estimates

Change the law so the e-pulltab companies pay regardless of revenues received. Hold them to their predictions and watch them try to get out of paying. They were willing to take the risk, so they were willing to pay the cost of taking that risk....

Posted on 03/22/13 at 11:22 am in response to Bachmann: Obamacare 'literally kills' women and children

Employees accept jobs from employers due to a variety of factors. Businesses offer a "total compensation" pay package in exchange for the employee working for the company.

Currently, there is a surplus of workers vs jobs. Cutting the "total compensation" package works for the employer *because* they can get acceptable workers at that lower cost. However, that is now beginning to change. 3.5-million boomers/year retire--and 67+% of them are in the workforce. Which means ~2.4-million...

Posted on 03/20/13 at 11:04 am in response to For now, new Vikings stadium will be surrounded by ... parking lots

As long as there is a need for a family/individual to own/use a car, there will be a need to have parking for that car. If they (a family) need TWO cars, they need TWO parking spaces. So the issue is not just availability of parking, but also of what people need to live and get around.

A stadium brings in a lot of people--many drive their own vehicles and thus need parking. Sure, "Park and Ride" does work--but that merely *shifts* the problem (i.e. the parking happens "far away"...

Posted on 02/25/13 at 05:00 pm in response to Meet the cross-subsidy, an increasingly painful way to pay for special ed

If they want it, they pay for it. Just like anything else. Otherwise, drop it. Watch the lawyers go crazy when that argument holds up in court (federal govt can not compel action by a level of government unless they fund it--think "sanctuary cities" for illegal aliens, a popular target for conservatives). Suddenly, it becomes a political issue and then it gets "very interesting". Costs "shift"--but to whom....

Posted on 02/08/13 at 01:07 pm in response to NABERS: Australian for efficiency

Honeywell did that stuff for MPHA. But they (Honeywell) ignored potentially huge energy savings in other areas. Why? Don't know--they would not say. Potential savings of tens of millions of $$$ per year to govt. Businesses would save even more.

Posted on 01/31/13 at 11:03 am in response to Immigration reform could change the lives of up to 95,000 in Minnesota

Current system says if "born" in the US, then automatically a US citizen (that is how the US Supreme Court interprets it). So, that needs to be changed by rewriting the rules and changing the US Constitution so the US Supreme Court does understand what is wanted.

US citizenship laws need to be revised in order to *deny* automatic US citizenship to children born in the US of non-residents/non-citizens. The new citizenship law would require at least one parent be a US citizen or legal...

Posted on 01/28/13 at 12:42 pm in response to New regulations of compounded medicines mean fewer options at higher prices

Avastin is "compounded" because why? A smaller quantity must be taken from a bigger bottle to fill the order.

Guess what pharmacists--and their techs--do all the time? They take a smaller quantity of something from a bigger bottle to fill the order. Thus, they are all compounders under the law and ALL medications they issue NOT in the 'full manufacturers' packaging' is compounded.

So, how much do you want to pay for each of your "cheap" $4 Rx? $40? $75? $100? They are ALL "...

Posted on 01/24/13 at 02:41 pm in response to Revamped sales tax designed to reflect today’s service-oriented economy

When I bought a new computer some years ago, I wanted the parts billed so the tax was on those only--and the labor should be non-taxed. I was specifically told that when a product and a service are provided together, the total bill is subject to sales tax (parts + labor).

Posted on 01/18/13 at 02:46 pm in response to Free calling comes to Facebook Messenger (with a couple catches)

Just got a notice about it.