On Wednesday, a Minnesota House division approved a bill that would raise taxes on cigarettes, cigars, and tobacco products. Indeed, if it becomes law, this bill would increase the tax…
On Wednesday, the United States Congress approved ‘The American Rescue Plan.’ The bill is, purportedly, intended to help people suffering from the economic effects of Covid-19 and federal and state…
This week, it was announced that US News had ranked Minnesota the 2nd best state in America. State policymakers were quick to crow. Gov. Walz put out this press release:…
Last month, I noted that business leaders in St. Paul were pleading with the city government to act to halt the rise in violent crime in the city. Minneapolis, too, is also…
I’ve written before about the damage that the Covid-19 pandemic and misguided government policy responses to it are having on Minnesota’s thriving brewing and distilling industry. The Minnesota Craft Beverage Council (MCBC) reports…
If you drive a car, I’ll tax the streetIf you try to sit, I’ll tax your seatIf you get too cold, I’ll tax the heatIf you take a walk, I’ll…
In our recent report ‘Closing Minnesota’s Budget Deficit: Why we should make spending cuts and not raise taxes‘, we wrote that our state has the fourth highest top rate of…
Numerous bills regarding occupational licensing have been introduced in the current legislative session. In some ways, our state is in some ways moving in the right direction. However, some of…
Minnesotans hand over a considerable chunk of their hard earned money to various levels of government: federal, state, and local. In 2020, Minnesota Management and Budget estimated that state and…
Almost exactly a year ago, I wrote that Berlin’s rent controls had slowed house building in the city. To recap, the German capital’s population is growing rapidly which means that the…
There is no good reason for the Minnesota government to demand more of taxpayers' money in light of the projected budget surplus.
(Golden Valley, MN) Center of the American Experiment today urged Gov. Tim Walz to immediately drop his proposals for tax increases totaling over $1.6 billion for the next biennium in…
Rent control disincentivizes investing in the maintenance of existing housing units. It also discourages investment in the production of new housing. Ultimately, this hurts low-income individuals the most in the…
Different workers produce different outputs. This is valued differently and, thus, compensated differently: "We realized that we had to pay attention to market forces"
Somebody should watch how they’re spending our money. Somebody is.
Does this mean they are taxed too heavily?
The problem is not that Minnesota's politicians don't get enough of your money to spend, it is that they spend the huge amount they do get badly.
Small business owners in the Twin Cities aren't getting much for their taxes.
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
Comparing border counties reveals the real impact of Minnesota’s economic policies.
After applauding businesses and Minnesotans for "making sacrifices", earlier today Governor Walz announced a dial back on COVID-19 restrictions that can best be described as random, unscientific, and not helpful…
This is the essential problem with Gov. Walz' ongoing emergency powers: whole swathes of the state's economy are dependent for their survival on the whim of one man.
A new forecast for 2022-2023 is due later this month and there is pretty widespread agreement that it will see the forecast $1.3 billion deficit disappear. If it does vanish,…
The lawsuit might not bring restitution for the plaintiffs, but it will enable Minnesotans to adjudicate who it was that dithered, allowing Minneapolis to burn, and is now lying about…