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Old 10-28-2007, 09:06 PM
 
Location: Eagan, Minnesota
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Nothing angered me more than watching the local news and seeing all those people hurt during the bridge collapse having to go to the State to pledge their case. Some people are $300 K in debt and ready to file bankruptcy because of all the medical bills(something that was not even their fault) and some have the audacity to say that they should have had better health insurance. What kind of crazy state are we living in? I have been losing all the respect I used to have for this state. I mean, should not these people be our #1 priority after everything they went through? Paying all their medical bills should be the very least the state can do for these people.Sad!!
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Old 10-28-2007, 09:22 PM
 
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You are right. It is an American travesty. it is also an American reality. We must change it. It is not the State of Minnesota. Even with our troubles (which should be fixed) we lead the nation in healthcare. Even with the Republican control, we remain the bastion of progressiveness between the coasts. It has served us well, and it will allow us to make progress into bettering ourselves even more. It is in our spirit, and no political pendulum is able to transcend our culture. (The influx of outsiders doesn't help, but politics....no) The State is wrong to deny assistance, but if they wouldn't have got it here, they wouldn't have got it in most places. It is little condolence, but it is the truth.
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Old 10-28-2007, 10:37 PM
 
Location: 44.9800° N, 93.2636° W
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Im surprised that this shocks you, actually. I mean, its really messed up, pathetic, and sad...but it doesnt surprise me in the least.
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Old 10-29-2007, 09:50 AM
 
Location: Rockville,MD
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What the HECK do you expect the state of MN has been shifting right for over a decade....ie. I will help only myself attitude.

People complain their taxes are HIGH not even close MN is not in the top 25 I believe anymore growing up there we were top 5 ALWAYS. Republican control slicing and dicing here and there and whats left NOTHING. Pawlenty was the WORST thing to happen to MN. I can't believe they re-elected him....wait same goes for Bush. One can only HOPE for a shift back to a socialist MN!!! Now we live in a SOCIALIST Maryland!!! We have NO problem paying for many many services and we do pay for it believe me. It just makes for a better society.
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Old 10-29-2007, 01:40 PM
 
Location: Land of 10000 Lakes + some
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Yes, it distresses me that this state has become so conservative.
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Old 10-29-2007, 07:18 PM
 
Location: 44.9800° N, 93.2636° W
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blame the burbs
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Old 10-29-2007, 08:18 PM
 
Location: Rockville,MD
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blame the burbs
nope....what it is is people from the dakotas and elsewhere moving to the greater metro area. bringing their church views into gov. MN folks are losing there northern European roots. which btw are very socialist people.
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Old 10-29-2007, 08:32 PM
 
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They should have better health insurance.. Stop being so sensitive.
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Old 10-29-2007, 10:27 PM
 
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nope....what it is is people from the dakotas and elsewhere moving to the greater metro area. bringing their church views into gov. MN folks are losing there northern European roots. which btw are very socialist people.
That is very true, I also see more people moving in from completely different regions. Apparently, some of these people are under the mistaken assumption that they can leech off our generous state, and still pay the same taxes they did in Texas/Tennessee/South Dakota. Most newcomers, I feel, live in the suburbs. Especially the Maple Groves, Woodburys and Eden Prairies. In that way, Nick is right. Even those who are Minnesotans trend crimson politically when they live in the suburbs. Minneapolis didn't elect Pawlenty and Molneau, Anoka County did. Land of the Free, and home to Michelle Bachmann. I think that Minnesota is, for the better, a "closed society". You can be born here, but unless you understand our culture, you can't really be from here. That isn't to say that we are unwelcoming, but it is a truism of Minnesota. People who just move here are libel to scoff at our rather socialist traditions. They have built a great state, and now it is being siphoned by transients who are just looking for a prosperous place, they then disregard what made that place. Minnesota was built on union miners, Scandinavian farmers, Minneapolis liberals and even Loring Park gays. Minnesota was not built, my state was not built, on Conservative bubbas from Coon Rapids. They created Kansas and Arkansas.
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Old 10-30-2007, 12:00 PM
 
Location: Mableton, GA USA (NW Atlanta suburb, 4 miles OTP)
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blame the burbs
Most of the folks I know in the suburbs (ages 30-50, IT/lawyer/finance types in the W and SW suburbs of Minneapolis) grew up there and have a tendency to be fiscally conservative and socially liberal.

More "independent" in leaning than Democrats or Republicans.

I voted for Jesse, man, and I don't regret that vote one bit.
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