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Scott Stocking

Minneapolis, MN
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4 years 18 weeks

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Posted on 03/06/13 at 08:47 pm in response to Why higher taxes on the wealthy are good for business

Could you please, please explain how the Bush/Obama tax cuts have been good for the middle class? I read recently that the Congressional Research Service concluded the tax cuts' biggest effect was to increase the disparity between rich and everyone else. Bush's job creation record was awful and Obama's hasn't been too great either. The idea that tax cuts for the wealthy are good for everybody has been failing since Reagan.

Posted on 02/28/13 at 12:14 pm in response to Three short films, years apart, capture slices of Minneapolis street life

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Posted on 02/14/13 at 02:28 pm in response to The culture war is real

"Instead, most of us pick teams and outsource our thinking to them — and the quality of that “thinking” is, on the whole, simply terrible.

In general, we pick the “team” we are on based upon cultural values much more than self-interest, reasoned ideas or policy preferences. In fact, for most of us, policy preferences don’t precede choosing a side but are a result of that choice."

Coming from a Senior Policy Fellow at the Center of the American Experiment? Truly, truly funny...

Posted on 01/08/13 at 04:47 pm in response to Tallying gun deaths: one Minnesotan killed every day by firearms

that 496 Minnesotans were killed by hammers, 651 Minnesotans were killed by knives, 12,000 Minnesotans were by drunk drivers and 195,000 Minnesotans were killed by medical malpractice. MinnPost, please set your intern to investigate this. Or maybe next time Mr. Butts could get his ready-made NRA statistics broken down by state.

Posted on 11/06/12 at 01:37 pm in response to Early voting reports: long lines and hour-long waits

I live in the Central Neighborhood in Minneapolis and was assigned a new polling place this year. I queued up at around 9:40 am and did not turn in my ballot until 10:50. Everyone was patient and neighborly throughout the long wait. My wife reported being line for 40 minutes when she voted an hour and a half earlier. I was number 950. At my old polling place, I don't think I ever waited more than 10 minutes. I heard that with redistricting, there are fewer polling places in the city. I...

Posted on 11/06/12 at 01:51 pm in response to 2012 Election Day open thread

at Green Central Gym (9th Ward). I waited over an hour and was number 950 at about 10:45 am. I have no real comparisons since my polling place changed this year. In previous years voting at 31st and Park I only waited 10 or 15 minutes.

Posted on 09/17/12 at 05:06 pm in response to A look at Plan-it Hennepin’s early plan for Minneapolis' main drag

I for the life of me can't think of any place in the city where it takes 4 buses to get to or cross Nicollet Mall.

Posted on 07/05/11 at 12:29 pm in response to 'All-star' politicians announcing bipartisan committee to find 'third way' to solve Minnesota budget crisis

Mondale, Carlson, Quie, Durenberger. These guys won't live forever. What will happen when the next budget crisis arises and we have no reasonable, pragmatic elder statesmen (btw, where are the women pols on this commission?) to offer counsel?

Coleman, Seifert, Pawlenty, Ventura? One shudders at the thought.

Posted on 07/06/11 at 07:34 pm in response to 'All-star' politicians announcing bipartisan committee to find 'third way' to solve Minnesota budget crisis

For all the people who are complaining that the people on this commission are not elected:

Un-elected lobbyists influence and probably write legislation. At least the big names on this commission were elected at some point in their lives.

Posted on 07/01/11 at 11:52 am in response to Let's have it: What do you want to say about the shutdown?

Other than my daughter not being able to get her driver's permit (this may be a good thing), I'm waiting to see how the shutdown will affect me and my family personally. I feel sorry for the folks who made plans to use the state parks, go to the MN Zoo and who may face a more difficult commute come Tuesday morning. I feel terrible for the displaced state workers.

I want to echo Kathy Malloy's comment #1. What ever happened to the idea public service and the common good? Al Quie...