You have heard a lot about Tim Walz since Kamala Harris picked him as her running mate on the Democratic presidential ticket. By now you are well aware that Gov. Walz led the charge in St. Paul aided by single-party control in the state legislature by blowing through a historic $18 billion surplus. But that wasn't enough. Walz signed into law more than $10 billion in tax increases. Under …
Freedom to Vote Act is a Bad Act
We should all be skeptical of any legislation that makes it easier for a bill to become law. It’s one of the primary reasons we opposed the Republican proposal several years ago to transform Minnesota’s legislature into a “unicameral” legislature – a single body. It’s also another reason why a “political trifecta” of one-party control of state government requires all of our vigilance to more …
A Thorough Explanation of Why Inflation Drives Food Prices Higher
Human Progress provides an apples-to-apples look at the cost of items in their “food basket” and, using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, uses food prices at a Walmart in Cincinnati to show the cost of purchasing those 42 food items. A very useful graph shows the number of hours needed to work since 2019 until 2024 to purchase those items. “[b]ecause of inflation between 2019 and …
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