Minnesota House weighs new tax on home transfers
An opinion piece argues a proposed tax expansion in Minnesota would triple costs for buying or selling homes by taxing services such as appraisals title and home inspections. Opponents warn this "tax on services" would reduce home sales and hurt jobs and business in Minnesota.
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Minnesota House and Senate
Minnesota
Mark Dayton
Brainerd Memories Mix Food Deals and Local News
A 1993 Brainerd page highlights a National Food Store sale to KentMark Inc with plans to retain staff, plus regionwide store buys including Grand Rapids and Hibbing. It also notes Lt. Col. David Everson headed to Scott AFB hospital, a Washington Warriors regional win, a 42 year old jail escape in Brainerd, and a 1913 real estate boom remark from O Havill.
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National Food Store
Brainerd
KentMark, Inc
National
Grand Rapids
Hibbing
Aitkin Area
David Everson
Scott Afb
St. Louis
Karlene
Albin Everson
Vietnam
O. Havill
Minneapolis
Shortchanging seniors in America’s entitlement debate
Harold Meyerson argues against cutting Social Security and proposes a plan to improve retirement security. He notes rising senior employment, the shift from defined benefit pensions to 401(k)s, and the need to shift health care costs to government funded by a value added tax. He criticizes corporate cuts to pensions and calls for portable defined benefit plans funded by employers and wages.
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America
Bowles
Simpson
White House
The
Society of Actuaries
U.S
Alan Simpson
Europe
Congress
Meyerson
American Prospect
Readers attack figures and politics in Brainerd Dispatch letters
Local letters criticize claims on unemployment, water use at Brainerd School District, and gay marriage. The voices challenge opinions from Maxine Waters and Rep John Ward while urging fiscal cautions and citizen involvement in water conservation.
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Brainerd
Capitol
John Ward
John
Youtube
Doug Kern
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