A new $440 million wood product manufacturing facility might be built in Northeastern Minnesota. However, unlike most businesses, this one will use the help of taxpayers’ money. The Iron Range…
Innovation in government may be the best working definition of an oxymoron. But a concept under consideration by the Burnsville City Council may force skeptics to reconsider. The idea is…
Late last year, with forecast budget deficits of $2.4 billion for the 2020-2021 biennium and $4.7 billion for the 2022-2023 biennium, we released our report ‘Closing Minnesota’s Budget Deficit: Why…
On top of tight regulation, Minnesota also taxes liquor heavily compared to most states.
On Sunday, a post on Powerline shared the leaflet below, which advertises Education Minnesota’s “political initiative WeMakeMN.com“ It claims: …for decades, the richest Minnesotans – and the conservative politicians that choose…
When the Democrat-controlled Congress resurrected earmarks earlier this year, the Grand Forks Herald reminded readers of why the poster child for wasteful government spending was abolished in a bipartisan effort…
Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB) released the newest revenue report review. According to the numbers, Minnesota’s surplus for the fiscal year ending July is up by $1.8 billion. Net general…
Taxpayers shoulder the bill for extravagant government spending programs like "free" childcare.
The Biden Administration understands that high taxes drive out businesses into low taxed regions, hence the push for a global minimum corporate tax rate.
Minnesota’s media is in a state of excitement today over a new report from think tank ProPublica which “Reveal[s] How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax.” There is much less to…
This op-ed piece appeared in the Hutchinson Leader on June 2, 2021. Our lawmakers are on a mission to end what they have termed a public health crisis — tobacco…
Montana just became the latest state to enact major tax reform reducing corporate and individual income tax burden and simplifying its tax code.
Three years ago, I wrote: In 1988, The Economist magazine ran an article on Ireland titled ‘The poorest of the rich’. The title was well deserved. … But, when The Economist next came to…
Despite having the country’s most generous welfare system, California has the highest poverty rate in the nation. Worse yet, it also has the lowest rate of upward mobility among specific…
Two weeks ago Gov. Tim Walz and the two top leaders of the state Legislature struck what was grandly termed a ‘global agreement’ on the state budget for next biennium.…
Back in March, I wrote that the so-called ‘COVID Relief Bill’ could block Minnesota’s next governor and legislature from cutting taxes: Senate amendments to the American Rescue Plan Act prohibit the use of any…
The 2021 regular legislative session ended Monday with a loose agreement between Gov. Tim Walz and the House and Senate over how much they would spend in each of the…
On May 17, the Minnesota legislature announced that it had agreed on a $52 billion budget for the next biennium. As reported by the Star Tribune, The leaders of the…
Legislative leaders and Gov. Walz all but admitted they can’t get the budget done without a real deadline, and apparently the constitutional deadline of May 17th isn’t enough. June 14th…
Minnesota ranked among the top 5 most progressive states after comparing tax rates paid by Married-joint Return filers earning $20,000 with fillers in the same category earning a higher income.
In March, the city of Duluth was nominated for Center of the American Experiment’s Golden Turkey Award for its ongoing financial support — and bailouts — of the Spirit Mountain…
Tax hikes on tobacco merely burden low-income smokers, and harm Minnesota businesses without significantly reducing tobacco use.
This op ed appeared in the Litchfield Independent Review on May 3, 2021 Even with a forecast budget surplus of $1.6 billion for the 2022-2023 biennium and $4.6 billion coming…
On April 28, President Joe Biden unveiled “The American Families Plan”, a $1.8 trillion spending proposal aimed at families and children. The program will be funded partly by raising the…