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Tom Anderson

Coon Rapids, MN
Commenter for
4 years 38 weeks

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Posted on 06/04/13 at 09:38 pm in response to Minnesota's new budget: Real spending still below last decade's

General Fund biennium to biennium spending increase 2010-2011 ($29.9 billion) to 2012-2013 ($34.1 billion) was 13.7%. The increase to $38.8 billion in 2014-2015 will be 13.7%. Not pretending to factor in inflation (Social Security has been factoring in zero for a couple of years) or population growth (you'd think that adding all these people would bring in more revenue), over 13% increases in spending in each of the last two legislative budget sessions seems like a little more than most...

Posted on 06/03/13 at 10:13 pm in response to Somalis and DFL candidates at odds on gay-rights issues

There aren't many one-issue voters in Minneapolis, just one party. It seems unlikely that gay rights will be in many voters' top ten concerns when they go to vote.

Posted on 06/03/13 at 10:23 pm in response to Did Bakk trade away the minimum-wage measure for Capitol-repairs bonding bill?

Walmart probably has more employees period. Once other companies start eliminating their own insurance coverage and push their employees into the ACA exchanges or state public health plans, Walmart won't stand out so much in one quarter of one year.

Posted on 06/03/13 at 10:25 pm in response to Did Bakk trade away the minimum-wage measure for Capitol-repairs bonding bill?

In a session that started in February? Please come up with something better than that.

Posted on 06/04/13 at 09:49 pm in response to Did Bakk trade away the minimum-wage measure for Capitol-repairs bonding bill?

We're going to give grocery baggers $30,000 grand a year? All the entry-level employers contribute to the community by providing a means for unskilled and perhaps uneducated people to get their first job and income. Most of the teenagers getting their first job want to be able to buy some new clothes, shoes, an I-phone or get gas money to borrow dad's car. All of those new clothes, shoes, phones, and gas are hardly sucking the life out of the economy. Why on earth would we decide that...

Posted on 06/09/13 at 09:26 pm in response to Did Bakk trade away the minimum-wage measure for Capitol-repairs bonding bill?

It shouldn't be hard to list at least ten, and demonstrate the number of lobbyists or op-eds where the whining has occurred.

Perhaps employers say "Why should I pay $9.50 an hour for young ladies to text their friends and chat about their boyfriends and their classes while my customers' food gets cold?" instead of assuming that their employees will get public assistance to help pay for food so that their wages can be used for scratch-off tickets.

The best part of a starting...

Posted on 06/03/13 at 10:36 pm in response to With Bachmann not running, Jim Graves pulls out of 6th District race

And many are not ready to do the job that they coveted so much, but they do learn in time.

How can anyone not see how Tarryl Clark fits into this? She ran for the seat before! She then moved to a different district to run against a weaker candidate. It certainly would not be an odd choice to move back into the district with her family (who remained there I believe). Her odds of success would be poor since she has failed in her past attempts, but her name certainly cannot be...

Posted on 05/30/13 at 09:12 pm in response to First Franken foe fits familiar GOP pattern

And didn't big gubmint already reduce the swipe fees? I thought that the swipe fee was per transaction but maybe it is by amount charged. We could all help reduce credit card fees by actually paying money for our purchases and thus sticking it to the man.

Posted on 05/30/13 at 09:03 pm in response to Ruling puts Minnesota's wolf seasons beyond public challenge — by anyone

Satisfied public input, since they are elected and made the law(s). The Legislature would also be the course of action for anyone looking to make changes to existing law, which would again involve the public. I'm sure that legal action will continue for many more months or years, as long as the groups have the money.

Posted on 05/28/13 at 08:19 pm in response to Do members of Congress know what they are doing?

Giving food to the hungry, medical care to the sick, education from age3-26 are easy to give away. Paying for these things might be a little harder to figure out. It also does not take a genius to figure out who created the loopholes and exemptions to allow the end runs. Envy=Trash Apple.