Speaker and Minneapolis Resident Margaret Anderson Kelleher Goes for Mall Boondoggle at the Expense of Her Home Town
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Dave Garland
Date:
May 02 05:10 UTC
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On Fri, 2 May 2008 16:18:03 +1200 (NZST), Dan McConnell wrote:
>To date the Mall has generated in excess of $800 million dollars of state
revenue
Bear with me, I'm a bit ignorant. What is "state revenue"? Revenue to
the State of Minnesota (i.e. sales tax)? Total aggregate sales? What
proportion of that is from out-of-staters? (Presumably people from
Minnesota would have bought the same stuff from another local outlet,
yielding no net difference to the state.)
Why, they sound wildly successful. What sort of a net profit do they
make? Not enough so they could afford to build their own parking lot?
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