Thursday, June 22, 2006
Minnesota's Wealthy Elite Call For Higher Taxes
Several well-off Minnesotans who believe more tax money should be pumped into public initiatives said the state can start with them.
More than 200 wealthy Minnesotans signed a full-page ad appearing Thursday in the Star Tribune asking the state to raise $2 billion for various initiatives by increasing the state's tax burden for high-salary earners.
"We need to invest more in our future," said Joel Kramer, former publisher of the Star Tribune and founder of the think tank Growth and Justice, which organized the "Invest for Real Prosperity" fiscal strategy.
Joel Kramer...are your arms broken? Dog ate your checkbook? GFY!
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We need a tax on people who propose higher taxes on everyone else.
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