Minnesota shutdown is longest in state history, with no end in sight

• The only thing that I noticed was that there was less traffic in the mornings.

• Bring back Jesse:  What are you talking about?

• Why is it that when Republican say nasty things about Democrats, it's sexaul harassment, prejudise, or bigatry.  When Democrats say nasty things about Republicans, its $3.99 a minute (Or I need more, more, more).....oh did I just called the Dems a whore?

• MN Voter: I guess Ill have to repost my comment , since the last one was sent to the moderator.  My comment was that , once again, you don't have your facts straight.  Interest earned from municipal bonds issued by a state other than Minnesota (Like your ND SD example) is exempt from Federal income tax but IS TAXABLE at the state level.  Further, any capital gains from the sale of those bonds are taxable at BOTH the Federal and State level.  Mark Dayton's municipal bond investments would only be tax exempt in MN if they were MN municipal bonds....which would also mean that he would be taking his personal money and investing it in MN.  So much for your "not one cent" theory/  Look it up. You are, once again, blinded by your bullshit partisan allegience.  Like Bachmann, the facts must simply not apply to you. 

• You mean the Rich like Mark Dayton who had a taxpayer paid "Chef"? He draws interest from North or South Dakota tax exempt bonds and doesn't pay one cent of Minnesota Tax on it. The state workers herd needs to be thinned by 11,000. The top pay needs to be capped at $75,000 and all state workers need to have a 401K instead of defined benefits. If they don't like it they can get a private sector job. If you don't like it you can leave the state, goodby, fair well, so long, don't let the door slam on your ass..and good riddance.

•    Lawmakers need to be assured that most of the public believe that the whining Republican temper tantrums against tax hikes for the wealthy are the cause of the shutdown. Why the wealthy, who have the most, and prosper most from the state, are so greedy and cheap that they refuse to pay even a little more in taxes, is to coin new meaning to the word selfish. If paying their fair share – in terms of sacrifice – will cause them to leave the state, they goodbye, fair well, so long, don’t let the door slam on your ass, ...and good riddance.

• I'm sure that Hennepin county will have no problem getting Cook county to tax their residents for road refurbishments in Minneapolis.

• The next steps IMHO are for cities/counties to start setting up their own services to replace state services and then going straight after the tax/spending authority.  Sure, 'local' services might not be as efficient as state services, but they are going to be a hell of a lot more responsive to local needs.  That's the point of government, to be responsive, not to be centralized.   As far as staffing goes, if state employees are all that valuable, I'm sure that the newly reconstituted city/county service bureaus will be falling all over themselves to hire.

• All of our elected officials have failed, all of them need their feet held to the fire.

• The state parks are self sufficient, shutting them down is simple political maliciousness. 

• Mindy Greiling isn't the problem.  It's her GOP colleagues who won't budge one inch or make any compromises that are.  Lambast them.

• I'm enraged. I've been calling my state rep Mindy Greiling and lambasting her every day. I suggest that others do likewise with their respective representatives.

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