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When the average person hears the phrase ‘tax loophole,’ they summon thoughts of corporate millionaires wriggling out of paying taxes on fat incomes the affluent could certainly afford to pay. Following the same logic, most infer that since the super-elite do it most, it therefore must require mastery of tax code to even have a shot at exploiting a tax loophole. Of course, the public does not like being swindled and not being able to grasp how it is being swindled. They merely know (or strongly suspect) that they are being swindled. This type of rationale is a major component of what started and fueled the ‘Occupy’ protests; people suspected they were being duped but were at a loss as to how they were being cheated. The popularity and longevity of the protests lends credence to the ubiquity of this sentiment among Americans.
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Minnesota Congressman Chip Cravaack has been extraordinarily accessible to his constituents in the northern eighth district since he took office last year, but he’s not getting enough credit for it.
Cravaack was elected in 2010 to a seat held by Democrats for decades, sending shockwaves throughout the liberal utopias surrounding Duluth and the Iron Range and the rock solid DFL establishment that had stood by the previous incumbent, Jim Oberstar, for the 30+ years he held the seat. Needless to say, Cravaack is a constant target for the Left and oftentimes for the media looking for a rare shot at him.
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Nothing says “Pride on Ice” like the knowledge that every Division-I (D-I) collegian hockey team has a career losing record against you. To be honest, it’s an accomplishment that is incredibly rare in D-I sports.
To put this in perspective, Brett Favre, while playing for the Minnesota Vikings, was able to be one of the first players in NFL history to beat all 32 teams in the league. It took Brett Favre, then, 19 seasons to finally accomplish this feat (though it took him less than 10 to beat the first 31 teams a Packer).
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By: Robert Berry & Michael Holkesvik
Take a moment and imagine yourself as a penny. First you are cut out of a mold and stamped with our sixteenth president Mr. Abraham Lincoln’s bust. Then you are shipped out to some bank, which in turn sends you to some store. Then you end up jingling around in someone’s pocket that just bought a pack of gum. Finally you end up on the ground being passed over like you are some disgusting piece of diseased tissue, because no one will even waste the time to pick you up.
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Last Updated on Sunday, 11 March 2012 04:05
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Recently Minnesota’s State Executive Council, which includes the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and state auditor voted to delay 77 leases to explore for copper and nickel on private lands in northern Minnesota.
This short-sighted action was initiated by Governor Mark Dayton and Secretary of State Mark Ritchie. It is unfortunate for the job situation in northern Minnesota, and I know many people there are terribly disappointed.
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Last Updated on Saturday, 12 November 2011 14:06
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