Tag: economy
group name: mnpolitics
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July 02, 2008 10:55 PM EDT --
Man, has the phrase "there are no guarantees" ever been more true?
Each day comes a new story about jobs that are going away - and that our comfortable lives are in a bit more in peril. From . . .
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January 06, 2008 11:16 AM EST --
The candidates swimsuit competition was held at an undisclosed location provided by Dick Cheney. The event, where no cameras or media is allowed, has a past veiled in secrecy, but can be traced back to . . .
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October 31, 2009 11:18 AM EDT --
I watched Mr. James Galbraith (the younger) on Bill Moyers' Journal, on PBS last night. He said that we should offer early retirement to guys like me.
The youth of today, he says, need to be employed. . . .
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July 10, 2008 11:02 PM EDT --
On Friday, Minnesota Public Radio's Midday program will air a discussion about the changes in journalism. Average people who just consume news sat with people in the press who are dedicated to reforming . . .
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March 12, 2009 01:48 PM EDT --
Okay, money doesn't buy happiness. And accumulating stuff shouldn't make us whole.
But there are some possessions that have value greater than the pricetag. And yet, in a recession, when the . . .
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July 10, 2008 04:43 PM EDT --
MPR and the Citizen's League team up for a live event discussion in Policy and a Pint: The China Tradeoff, tonight Thursday July 10, 2008. [ The event is sold out, but there is a waiting . . .
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January 17, 2008 09:31 PM EST --
At Minnesota Public Radio we had a forum discussion on the environment (there will be more about this later). But even in this context, it was amazing how the economic slide made its way into the conversation. . . .
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January 19, 2008 04:30 PM EST --
President Bush and our Washington leaders are setting down a plan to "stimulate the economy." Perhaps it's more like that moment when the ship with a leak starts listing and you grab the . . .
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July 01, 2008 06:14 PM EDT --
If you live in the Twin Cities – and those harsh winters – you feel some gratitude for the skyway system.
In St. Paul, they are vast and can get you around a fair chunk . . .
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December 02, 2007 10:24 AM EST --
The Taxpayers League in Minnesota wants to bring capitalism to the public sector, another unnamed group wants to bring socialism (government regulation) to the private sector. The problem is not that either . . .
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July 15, 2008 05:49 PM EDT --
It was only about 10 months ago that talk of a recession in this country started heating up. But the beginnings of the slowdown in Minnesota can be traced back several years, to a time when the state was . . .
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March 08, 2008 03:54 PM EST --
Hillary Clinton -- First Communitarian President/VP of the United States?
http://nord.twu.net/acl/hilary.html
My take on it is that libertarians, frustrated that libertarianism was being mocked . . .
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April 16, 2008 08:32 PM EDT --
(Caution, one word near the end could be considered naughty)
Many people can relate to too much overtime at work. The hours and days go by and there is no time to get anything else done. It was at . . .
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October 24, 2008 11:46 AM EDT --
Most college graduates walk out not only with the sheepskin but with loans to pay for that education.
But how has that changed as the economy has tanked and jobs are getting scarcer?
We at Minnesota . . .
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February 26, 2009 01:06 PM EST --
As if paying for college was not rough enough... now that plastic in your pocket is getting into the act.
Philip Novak of Minneapolis thought it made sense to put about $8,000 on his credit card. The . . .
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March 15, 2008 03:02 PM EDT --
Buyer's remorse is familiar to anyone who has voted in an election.
In an effort to get people to comment on this article, I offer the following scientific process of elimination.
Buyer's . . .
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February 10, 2008 11:11 AM EST --
Many people remember getting an "incomplete" on a school assignment. This meant that, while all of what you sent in may have been very good, you will recieve no credit.
The following is . . .
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June 23, 2008 10:45 AM EDT --
Among the many items for sale at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds car show were magnets.
Some of them carried a message. None were subtle.
Just in case the Obamacons or Obamites or Obam-bams (or . . .
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December 24, 2007 03:41 PM EST --
I have been an advocate for SAFEGE (solar) monorail for the past 7 years. If anyone reading this is a citizen of Florida, please take some time out, after the holidays, to write your State Legislators . . .
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April 05, 2008 06:17 PM EDT --
This tale begins with nothing much on TV.
Governor Tim Pawlenty was on the local public affairs show on the PBS channel this Friday night. Five minutes into the interview, the subject of education, . . .
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