Reply #29: Actually [View All]

[Sorwen]

It really isn't like getting a second job to pay for fishing equipment. It's more like a family that can already afford a new car and health insurance but chooses not to pay for them. The father spending a few bucks on entertainment won't affect his ability or willingness to properly care for his family.

We can fund metro transit, education, health care, AND a stadium. We don't have to choose. Do you honestly think that Hennepin County imposing a 0.15% sales tax for a stadium would have any effect whatsoever on the state or county funding metro transit or health care for the poor? The democrats will support health care regardless of the stadium, and the republicans will oppose it regardless of the stadium. The stadium won't make a difference.

I believe with near certainty that if metro transit, education, health care, and the DNR (things that I value highly) were all funded properly, we could still afford a 3 cent per $20 sales tax on purchases in Hennepin County.