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Tom Anderson

Coon Rapids, MN
Commenter for
4 years 33 weeks

Recent Comments

Posted on 02/25/13 at 08:33 pm in response to White House details sequestration's impact on Minnesota

The more likely the State will suffer if that money goes away. If we can't patch the hole that is left, should we take the chance in the first place? With an ever increasing Federal debt, cuts in spending become a necessity. Plan ahead to be safe and be solvent when other states go under.

Posted on 02/21/13 at 09:44 pm in response to Michele Bachmann, quiet congresswoman

The President is out campaigning every day that he isn't golfing and the press rightly uses ink to cover him leaving little room for everyone else.

Posted on 02/20/13 at 09:57 pm in response to How is Minnesota’s ‘middle class’ doing?

The low end of middle class is $50,000 as a family of four at that income can qualify for MinnesotaCare which means you're poor or in the lower class. The "tax the rich" starts at $150,000 thus setting the top end of the middle class. I'd have to agree that the middle class is being squeezed, from both sides.

Posted on 02/18/13 at 08:53 pm in response to Tax experts, economists say Dayton’s business sales tax is a bad idea

2010-2011 spending just under $30 billion
2012-2013 spending of about $34.5 billion
Governor's 2014-2015 proposal just under $38 billion

Someday I hope to see the figures showing which state departments are actually spending less money from one biennium to the next. 2010-2011 spending drop of almost $4 billion doesn't count, that was the evil Pawlenty.

Posted on 02/18/13 at 09:03 pm in response to Howard Dean says let the sequester happen

Because both the House and Senate passed it and the President signed it. The spending reductions don't put a dent in the federal debt. We're spending over a trillion dollars a year more than we take in so reducing spending by a trillion dollars over ten years means we're still adding another nine trillion dollars to the debt over ten years. And that assumes that we only spend one trillion more than we have each year which will probably seem like the good old days in five years.

Posted on 02/20/13 at 10:01 pm in response to Howard Dean says let the sequester happen

But if the "tax the rich" works there will still be more revenue which will be needed.

Posted on 02/18/13 at 09:18 pm in response to TakeAction’s Liz Doyle Q-A: Health exchange must be consumer-friendly and help small businesses

The exchanges might be used by 20% of Minnesotans. The companies would still need to promote their products to the other 80%. Eventually it is hoped that the exchanges cover more people as the ACA rules force more businesses and individuals into the exchanges but that may take awhile.

This idea of getting the money from those providing the help does fit with other recent healthcare improvements made by the government though. We are taxing the manufacturers of the medical devices...

Posted on 02/20/13 at 10:10 pm in response to Getting over our Portland envy

My gosh, you need a "homeless person" ap for your phone so that as you're walking down the street texting you know when to step over all the homeless people.

Posted on 02/11/13 at 10:42 pm in response to Rick Nolan calls for campaign-finance constitutional amendment

Seems like they had to take some responsibility in the last couple of years.

Posted on 02/11/13 at 10:47 pm in response to Obama should approve Keystone XL pipeline

It will create less jobs to build a pipeline across the country than to build a football stadium a few acres big.