King Banaian at SCSU Scholars links to a post at NRO in which Gov. Tim Pawlenty responds to the charge that governors like him who opposed the stimulus bill are hypocrites for taking stimulus money now that the bill has passed.
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Archives for February, 2009
Pogemiller on tax reform — He doesn’t even try to get it right
On the KSTP program “Patrick Reusse & Company,” Minnesota senate majority leader (and former chairman of the senate tax committee) Larry Pogemiller was asked what the Minnesota corporate tax rate is.
“Oh, gosh,” said Pogemiller. “Four, five or six percent I think. What’s important though … it is one of the highest rates in the country … but when you work in all the deductions and ways to write off various expenses, Minnesota ranks below, below the middle in terms of corporate taxes paid in the nation.”
category: Blog Posts, Craig Westover
The stimulus package: A simple ‘no’ might do
A year ago, when U.S. Rep. John Kline was making news by refusing to earmark projects for the 2nd District, Margaret Donahoe, director of the Minnesota Transportation Alliance, voiced her opposition to Kline’s proposal. ‘If the money doesn’t go to Minnesota for Minnesota projects,’ she said, ‘it will go to other states for their projects.’ Typical liberal, right?
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