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GameChainsaw The Shadows Devour You. from sunshine and rainbows! Since: Oct, 2010
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#26: Jul 1st 2011 at 9:30:50 AM

And this is over... a 2% tax increase.

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edited 1st Jul '11 9:31:04 AM by GameChainsaw

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nzm1536 from Poland Since: May, 2011
#27: Jul 1st 2011 at 9:30:57 AM

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edited 1st Jul '11 9:31:11 AM by nzm1536

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TheBatPencil from Glasgow, Scotland Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: I'm just a hunk-a, hunk-a burnin' love
#28: Jul 1st 2011 at 9:33:54 AM
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GameChainsaw The Shadows Devour You. from sunshine and rainbows! Since: Oct, 2010
deathjavu This foreboding is fa... from The internet, obviously Since: Feb, 2010
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#30: Jul 1st 2011 at 9:40:50 AM

Heh heh heh. Ventura.

If there's one thing that will ensure this shit won't go on for long, it's the fact that Minnesota has already proved capable of electing an independent. And that's the one thing neither party wants- a new party means one of them is on the chopping block.

Look, you can't make me speak in a logical, coherent, intelligent bananna.
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#31: Jul 1st 2011 at 9:52:49 AM
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#32: Jul 1st 2011 at 10:13:25 AM
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nzm1536 from Poland Since: May, 2011
#33: Jul 1st 2011 at 10:18:26 AM
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blueharp Since: Dec, 1969
#34: Jul 1st 2011 at 10:24:55 AM

I think the problem is you don't understand attitudes in America.

It's very polarized, and you can get called a complete monster for suggesting a tax of any kind, or even opposing a tax cut.

I wonder how this shut down is going to impact Tim Pawlenty though, since some of the mess could be construed as his fault.

edited 1st Jul '11 10:26:22 AM by blueharp

nzm1536 from Poland Since: May, 2011
#35: Jul 1st 2011 at 10:26:59 AM
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GameChainsaw The Shadows Devour You. from sunshine and rainbows! Since: Oct, 2010
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#36: Jul 1st 2011 at 10:27:26 AM

(Self-thumping.)

edited 1st Jul '11 10:41:51 AM by GameChainsaw

The term "Great Man" is disturbingly interchangeable with "mass murderer" in history books.
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#37: Jul 1st 2011 at 10:29:09 AM
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blueharp Since: Dec, 1969
#38: Jul 1st 2011 at 10:31:01 AM

But let's stick to Minnesota. Anybody going to think Tim Pawlenty is going to take flack over this?

It could be turned against him, since he was just governor.

edited 1st Jul '11 10:31:27 AM by blueharp

Karkadinn Karkadinn from New Orleans, Louisiana Since: Jul, 2009
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#39: Jul 1st 2011 at 10:31:20 AM

(Self-editing to avoid the O Tness. Since so much of the posts around it have been thumped, doesn't really make sense to keep this one up.)

edited 1st Jul '11 10:36:27 AM by Karkadinn

Furthermore, I think Guantanamo must be destroyed.
GameChainsaw The Shadows Devour You. from sunshine and rainbows! Since: Oct, 2010
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#40: Jul 1st 2011 at 10:32:45 AM
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The term "Great Man" is disturbingly interchangeable with "mass murderer" in history books.
Madrugada Since: Jan, 2001
#41: Jul 1st 2011 at 10:33:20 AM

Saying "I don't want to derail, but..." and then talking about the subject you just said you don't want to derail into, is a very bad idea. If you don't want to start a derail, don't.

And once again, the topic is the Minnesota shutdown. Not taxes in general, not Republicans, not Democrats, not the other posters...

Get the idea?

And not what got thumped, either.

edited 1st Jul '11 10:34:10 AM by Madrugada

GameChainsaw The Shadows Devour You. from sunshine and rainbows! Since: Oct, 2010
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#42: Jul 1st 2011 at 10:42:38 AM

Right... getting this back on track...

Well someone is going to have to give something. Why not go for the compromise option?

The term "Great Man" is disturbingly interchangeable with "mass murderer" in history books.
Karkadinn Karkadinn from New Orleans, Louisiana Since: Jul, 2009
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#43: Jul 1st 2011 at 10:51:12 AM

"Some GOP moderates have talked of breaking the impasse with other means of raising revenue, such as eliminating tax breaks or authorizing a casino. Dayton has said he is open to such ideas."

As a compromise point, those ideas look promising.

But one of the other ideas I saw floated, going halfsies on tax increases and cutting social services (1% tax increase for +180K earners, 50% of the social service cuts), seems like a bad idea. Do we really want to have to argue against cutting social services more every single time we want to raise taxes on what are already low tax rates? I don't think that sets a good precedent.

edited 1st Jul '11 10:52:53 AM by Karkadinn

Furthermore, I think Guantanamo must be destroyed.
GameChainsaw The Shadows Devour You. from sunshine and rainbows! Since: Oct, 2010
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#44: Jul 1st 2011 at 10:53:17 AM

I have to say the other sources idea sounds smarter. Always good to take a sensible third option if it presents itself.

The term "Great Man" is disturbingly interchangeable with "mass murderer" in history books.
pvtnum11 OMG NO NOSECONES from Kerbin low orbit Since: Nov, 2009 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
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#45: Jul 1st 2011 at 10:53:47 AM

I'm wondering if we're going to see shutdowns like this in other states. I heard that this is the second time Minnesota has had a shutdown in recent memory. NPR ran a blurb about it this morning, but traffic prevented me from paying good attention to it.

I also am wondering if this is a pre-show to a Federal shutdown, if they can't work otu something before August.

edited 1st Jul '11 10:53:57 AM by pvtnum11

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Enkufka Wandering Student ಠ_ಠ from Bay of White fish Since: Dec, 2009
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#46: Jul 1st 2011 at 11:50:37 AM

I dislike how this is affecting people I personally know. Both of my aunts work for the government, and now they and 21,998 other workers have no income.

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GameChainsaw The Shadows Devour You. from sunshine and rainbows! Since: Oct, 2010
FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#48: Jul 1st 2011 at 12:32:24 PM

Whether or not MN Shutdown is a real microcosm of the federal shutdown, it'll be portrayed that way. My fear is that both sides will try to equate the two literally, which leads to an oversimplification of the federal government's problems by nature.

Hoping the compromise solution by the moderates works out.

deathjavu This foreboding is fa... from The internet, obviously Since: Feb, 2010
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#49: Jul 1st 2011 at 1:07:22 PM

Moderates? Where?

Surely not in Minnesota, much less modern politics.

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edited 1st Jul '11 1:07:38 PM by deathjavu

Look, you can't make me speak in a logical, coherent, intelligent bananna.
Karkadinn Karkadinn from New Orleans, Louisiana Since: Jul, 2009
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#50: Jul 1st 2011 at 1:22:57 PM

When you're dealing with two extremes this disparate, I'm not sure if moderation is even achievable without being intellectually dishonest.

Furthermore, I think Guantanamo must be destroyed.

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