Letting A Vehicle Warm Up In The Winter

[easilyscan 1,040]

1 minute ago, BeenHereBefore said:

Yea who is voting for those morons there ?

Minneapolis-St Paul, AKA the Twin Cities, represents approximately 60% of Minnesota's total population. The seven-county metro area is home to over 3.1 million people, while the total population of the state is 5.7 million. Sort of like California. My brother has lived there about 30 years, and he tells me that even though most people think the entire state is liberal, there are substantial pockets of conservative areas as well. It's just that most of the big cities in that state (LA, San Francisco, San Diego etc.) are deep blue & basically control things for the entire state. 

[BeenHereBefore 1,636]

1 minute ago, easilyscan said:

Minneapolis-St Paul, AKA the Twin Cities, represents approximately 60% of Minnesota's total population. The seven-county metro area is home to over 3.1 million people, while the total population of the state is 5.7 million. Sort of like California. My brother has lived there about 30 years, and he tells me that even though most people think the entire state is liberal, there are substantial pockets of conservative areas as well. It's just that most of the big cities in that state (LA, San Francisco, San Diego etc.) are deep blue & basically control things for the entire state. 

Got ya the freaks in the big cities are voting them in ,Yep we have Phili here and got ya.

[easilyscan 1,040]

Just now, BeenHereBefore said:

Got ya the freaks in the big cities are voting them in ,Yep we have Phili here and got ya.

When Jesse became governor, our annual registration fees (stickers/tabs) for automobiles were some of, if not the highest in the nation. Jesse lowered them. Don't know how much it exactly but it was substantial. Shortly after he left office, the Democrats raised them right back up. Shortly after, a female city Council mayor wrote an article in the editorial section of my hometown newspaper. She said it was the right thing to do. She also welcomed comments via email. So I emailed her. I was very civil. I said something to this effect.

I'm not asking that Minnesota be a low tax/free state, but it seems like we want to be the top 2 or 3 highest in every area.

Her reply was only one sentence. If you don't like it, move to Arkansas

Real professional. This is what we deal with in the state.

 

[BeenHereBefore 1,636]

5 minutes ago, easilyscan said:

Her reply was only one sentence. If you don't like it, move to Arkansas

Wow what a scumbag.

[easilyscan 1,040]

1 minute ago, BeenHereBefore said:

Wow what a scumbag.

That's insulting to scumbags when you're referring to this !@nt

Almost forgot to add this. The Democrats in Minnesota are absolutely insatiable when it comes to outrageous taxes. 

I don't even know how this could be legal ?

https://www.americanexperiment.org/gov-walz-proposes-to-tax-160-of-your-cars-value/

 

[BeenHereBefore 1,636]

5 minutes ago, easilyscan said:

That's insulting to scumbags when you're referring to this !@nt

Almost forgot to add this. The Democrats in Minnesota are absolutely insatiable when it comes to outrageous taxes. 

I don't even know how this could be legal ?

https://www.americanexperiment.org/gov-walz-proposes-to-tax-160-of-your-cars-value/

 

That is messed up and don't sound legal and Tim ain't right in his head at all. That is crazy if that gets passed.

[Gepetto 1,465]

8 hours ago, easilyscan said:

This is a very nice neighborhood, but thanks for caring. 

I was joking. I don't mean for you to take what I said as an actual suggestion. Just want to be clear.

[Ron_Artest 2,350]

7 hours ago, easilyscan said:

You can adapt to the cold. I can't adapt to the past 10+ years of Democrats having a majority in the state & going outrageously far left.

You can't move?

[Ron_Artest 2,350]

6 hours ago, easilyscan said:

That's insulting to scumbags when you're referring to this !@nt

Almost forgot to add this. The Democrats in Minnesota are absolutely insatiable when it comes to outrageous taxes. 

I don't even know how this could be legal ?

https://www.americanexperiment.org/gov-walz-proposes-to-tax-160-of-your-cars-value/

 

How is it not legal to charge a registration fee for a car?

[edjr 6,957]

I just remote started my car from the app. should be about 6 minutes before I bring my kid to skewl and then go to work right after

[edjr 6,957]

7 hours ago, easilyscan said:

That's insulting to scumbags when you're referring to this !@nt

Almost forgot to add this. The Democrats in Minnesota are absolutely insatiable when it comes to outrageous taxes. 

I don't even know how this could be legal ?

https://www.americanexperiment.org/gov-walz-proposes-to-tax-160-of-your-cars-value/

 

I just heard maura dykey in taxachusetts wants to triple the current excise tax

AI said this. 

• A poll by the Fiscal Alliance Foundation indicated that 78% of Massachusetts voters opposed the idea of tripling the vehicle excise tax. 

[Mr Fantasy 88]

20 hours ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

I wish the shitlibs here like sissy, saints and gutter hadn’t whined about Strike and had him suspended.  The guy knows his cars. 

Deplorables

[Drizzay 751]

11 hours ago, easilyscan said:

If memory serves, you're from Minnesota. Maybe you could have Governor Walz pay for a new attached & heated garage ?

Tell him you're going to bring a couple more Somali to Minnesota and let them live in your garage. He'd probably be willing to pay for it to guarantee a couple more votes.

 

Yes, in Mpls proper, even (but in the lily-white area; it is very nice).  My Property Taxes went up 13%.  They are now over $6k a year for a house that Hennepin County assesses to be worth about $425k.

Walz has been an utter abomination.  All the limosine liberals here in the metro just love him too.  Meanwhile, our $5 billion surplus from a few years ago just magically vanished.  Mostly due to COVID, but I bet at least $1b is gone due to mismanagement or theft.  It better all come out in the wash.  Heads need to roll.

[Fnord 2,604]

4 minutes ago, Drizzay said:

Yes, in Mpls proper, even (but in the lily-white area; it is very nice).  My Property Taxes went up 13%.  They are now over $6k a year for a house that Hennepin County assesses to be worth about $425k.

Walz has been an utter abomination.  All the limosine liberals here in the metro just love him too.  Meanwhile, our $5 billion surplus from a few years ago just magically vanished.  Mostly due to COVID, but I bet at least $1b is gone due to mismanagement or theft.  It better all come out in the wash.  Heads need to roll.

Those are the same property tax rates I'm paying living well outside the metro area, but in a city. Property taxes in MN suuuuuck.

Walz is toast. All the fraud occurring under his watch is insane. It might be time for us to elect a Republican governor, as long as they aren't some MAGA nut.

[easilyscan 1,040]

6 hours ago, Ron_Artest said:

How is it not legal to charge a registration fee for a car?

Did you read the article ?

Governor Tim Walz and the DFL wanted/want to base the registration fees/taxes on 160% of the sticker price.

[Ron_Artest 2,350]

Just now, easilyscan said:

Did you read the article ?

Governor Tim Walz and the DFL wanted/want to base the registration fees/taxes on 160% of the sticker price.

And?  Is that against the law?

You understand that it's a percentage of that price, right?

[easilyscan 1,040]

Just now, Ron_Artest said:

And?  Is that against the law?

It should be.

You are something else. I suppose if your homeowners insurance contacted you and said that even though your house is only worth $400,000 we're going to base your homeowners insurance rates on a value of 640 K (because we need the extra money), you'd be fine with it ?

[easilyscan 1,040]

4 hours ago, Drizzay said:

Yes, in Mpls proper, even (but in the lily-white area; it is very nice).  My Property Taxes went up 13%.  They are now over $6k a year for a house that Hennepin County assesses to be worth about $425k.

Walz has been an utter abomination.  All the limosine liberals here in the metro just love him too.  Meanwhile, our $5 billion surplus from a few years ago just magically vanished.  Mostly due to COVID, but I bet at least $1b is gone due to mismanagement or theft.  It better all come out in the wash.  Heads need to roll.

Glad to hear you feel the same way.

BTW: I'm almost certain that surplus was around 17 billion. 

[Ron_Artest 2,350]

11 minutes ago, easilyscan said:

It should be.

You are something else. I suppose if your homeowners insurance contacted you and said that even though your house is only worth $400,000 we're going to base your homeowners insurance rates on a value of 640 K (because we need the extra money), you'd be fine with it ?

It's arbitrary.  You have a problem with a fee of 1% of 160% of sticker, right?  But would be you ok with a fee of 3% of 80% of sticker?

Quick math says that the calculation is meant to charge more to people who can afford it.  Kinda what our tax system is based on, or should be based on.

[easilyscan 1,040]

4 hours ago, Fnord said:

It might be time for us to elect a Republican governor, as long as they aren't some MAGA nut.

I used to watch a weekly program called 'your legislators' on one of the PBS channels I receive. It had a host & 2 Democrats & 2 Republicans from the state.

What struck me was how far left the Democrats (DFL'ers) were, & how the alleged Republicans weren't much to the right of that. IOW I'm of the opinion that a substantial % of Minnesota Republican representatives, would be considered Democrats in many other states. 

Translation: If we didn't elect one of those 'MAGA nuts' as you referred to them, odds are, nothing would change. 

[easilyscan 1,040]

6 minutes ago, Ron_Artest said:

Quick math says that the calculation is meant to charge more to people who can afford it. 

It's called redistribution of wealth. While that's fine to a certain extent, this takes it too far.

 

[Ron_Artest 2,350]

Just now, easilyscan said:

It's called redistribution of wealth. While that's fine to a certain extent, this takes it too far.

 

I think you are being nitpicky and emotional.  But that's ok you are within your right to do so.  It's probably only a few hundred dollars whereas the federal tax system is much more "unfair" when it comes to income brackets, unless you are rich enough to game the system.

[Fnord 2,604]

Just now, easilyscan said:

I used to watch a weekly program called 'your legislators' on one of the PBS channels I receive. It had a host & 2 Democrats & 2 Republicans from the state.

What struck me was how far left the Democrats (DFL'ers) were, & how the alleged Republicans weren't much to the right of that. IOW I'm of the opinion that a substantial % of Minnesota Republican representatives, would be considered Democrats in many other states. 

Translation: If we didn't elect one of those 'MAGA nuts' as you referred to them, odds are, nothing would change. 

You probably follow the local scene more closely than I do, since I'm a bit more "outstate." I don't know if you're right or wrong or somewhere in between. I cannot argue the facts: MN has a massive fraud problem that the DFL ignored (at best) and the Dems are on the hook for the disappearance of that surplus. MN is considered a "liberal" state, but in reality it's probably closer to 48-53% Dem vs. 47%-52% Rep. Most non-metro counties are fairly deep red, including in my part of the state. There are enough folks that understand what's going on to make it a rough uphill climb for the next Dem Governor nominee, especially if they have any connection with Walz.

I will say that I won't vote for Walz again, but I would prefer to do that than vote for anyone that is openly MAGA. We don't need to rehash why, it's been done a million times. A non-MAGA Republican pushing rational positions would be welcome.