Despite propaganda, Minnesota's 'high tax' economy is crushing Wisconsin, Iowa
Dark and perilous times are coming to Minnesota. Or so a group of wealthy, anonymous men would have you believe.
They’re the secret money behind the Center of the American Experiment, a Golden Valley “think tank” that does “research” on stuff it considers scary, like light rail, teachers, windmills, Edina schools, and the bane of all that is good and just, corporate taxes.
The center produces studies that could only pass a peer review at Schmitty’s Bar in St. Cloud – if the center was buying. But scientific rigor isn’t the point. All that’s needed is a patina of legitimacy to generate news stories, guest columns, and bullets for the holsters of state reps from Alexandria, who believe trickle-down economics is one of the 10 Commandments.
Minnesota’s newspapers and TV stations lap it up. So it was no surprise when the center issued a new report.
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