Another reason some of us don't buy it is the cost. I had it for a couple of years but the cost grew exponentially. It was perhaps not a good program. Now I simply cannot afford it. For several years, my mother and the three of us children were buying long-term care for her, but the costs became so high it was simply not sustainable.
Some of us do understand what's coming. We just can't afford to do what we should do. Younger people have a chance to buy policies that are much more...

"Contemptuous of the voters of Minnesota" pretty much says it all.
Where are our Elmer Andersons and our Luther Youngdahls and our Freemans and our Stassens and our Wendy Andersons (notice that all but Wendy and Freeman are Republicans, who would not get nominated much less elected today). These are and were men of stature, and they were part of a big pool of intelligent, experienced, educated people of integrity who did have Minnesota voters and values at the center of their work....

I'm glad we have such a strong advocate for honest and transparent elections. People need to know that their vote got counted. That has not been the case in some recent elections, and I don't mean this one.
With people nl8ke Halvorson and Mark Ritchie helping the recount process, I feel satisfied that it is being honestly and from a non-partisan stance.

Now that we've seen the results of Minnesota's recent election with millions of partisan dollars trying to sway voters one way or another, the case for appointment/retention is stronger. We've already seen enough of this at the US supreme court level.
I vote for appointment/retention but trying to take some of the partisanship out by convening an independent panel (yes, it can be done) to make assessments and judgments. Perhaps this panel can then recommend 2-3 candidates for each...