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Richard O'Neil

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2 years 36 weeks

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Posted on 04/02/13 at 10:36 am in response to Dayton tax on rich would send Minnesota back near top of U.S. rankings

"...that top 10% captures 42% of all the income, the top two deciles make more money than all of the rest of the deciles combined. "

And the remaining 90% "capture" 58%? You've got a problem with that?

Posted on 04/05/13 at 04:47 pm in response to Dayton tax on rich would send Minnesota back near top of U.S. rankings

Paul, I absolutely agree with you. I should have added a "smiley" to my comment.

The current tax code is littered with loopholes favoring ultra high income individuals, i.e. Warren Buffet. (At least he had the good grace to acknowledge the disparity.) Think about the tax schemes to park money in offshore entities to avoid US Tax. Have you looked at the effective US tax rates that are paid by Fortune 500 companies? Some of the comments posit the notion that we are taxing so-...

Posted on 04/02/13 at 09:59 am in response to Minneapolis mayoral candidate Don Samuels Q-A: 'I will be very outcome-oriented in fixing problems'

Well, what a relief to know that someone is concerned about the effect of their decisions!

Posted on 04/05/13 at 05:39 pm in response to Are we really leaving the future of Minnesota's wolves up to hunters/trappers and livestock producers?

Better idea, Greg. Let's relocate you to Iowa.

The DNR did NOT listen to Minnesota residents. We killed off a sizeable chunk of the wolf poulation in one season! They've finally, finally, after much deep thought and careful consideration decided that it might be a good idea to suspend the the moose hunt. Way to go!

Posted on 04/01/13 at 01:33 pm in response to KQ's Tom Barnard melts down, seeks 'anger management'

Two words for Mr Bernard: 1) Grow, 2) Up

Sorry I can't be more sympathetic.

Posted on 03/18/13 at 02:12 pm in response to Franken still benefits from GOP disarray

The only way I could support Franken would be to have Bachmann running against him. In fact, I would consider it an honor to be able to cast my vote against her.

Posted on 03/08/13 at 03:45 pm in response to Dayton bails on biz-to-biz tax plan, and business is happy

Are you kidding me?

Posted on 03/08/13 at 04:28 pm in response to Citizen to leaders: Support the stronger gun-control proposals

I agree with this public plea.

Posted on 02/14/13 at 07:41 pm in response to St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman Q-A: Challenges ahead, but 'great projects' transforming city

Great question!

Posted on 02/04/13 at 07:34 pm in response to Obama launches gun-control road show in Minneapolis

Really? That is exactly what this whole effort and discussion is about: hamper gun ownership! Rep Gifford said it simply - "We must ACT now. Too many children are dying." We have incidents of innocent people being killed with guns almost every day in the news. Canada doesn't, the UK doesn't, and France doesn't. Can't we see and acknowledge that we are an extremely violent country because guns are so readily available?