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Sean Olsen

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Which tax provisions will survive?

Brick City Blog
By Sean Olsen | 05/01/13

Much of the Governor’s proposal ends up serving as a middle ground between the legislative proposals.

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How to go the right way on legislator pay

Brick City Blog
By Sean Olsen | 04/19/13

Here’s three specific reforms we should get in return for opening the door to increasing legislative salaries.

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Looking for a Republican suburban woman: Why not Ortman?

Brick City Blog
By Sean Olsen | 04/04/13

Ortman’s resume — in the Senate over a decade, former Deputy Majority Leader, a caucus leader on tax and legal issues — stacks up comparably against many of the other named contenders.

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Don’t make fun of 'carpet stewardship'

Brick City Blog
By Sean Olsen | 03/14/13

Big Government’s not coming to tax your Dyson.  It’s attempting to deal with a real issue that can impact our environmental quality.

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One attempt at a Plan C: Brick City Budget

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By Sean Olsen | 02/20/13

During his State of the State address a couple of weeks ago, Governor Mark Dayton asked for critics of his budget plan to come up with their own “Plan C.”

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Setting the record straight on business taxes again

Brick City Blog
By Sean Olsen | 01/30/13

On taxes, Minnesota continues to be below the national average, and slightly ahead of neighboring states like South Dakota and Wisconsin.

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2013 legislative to-do list

Brick City Blog
By Sean Olsen | 01/04/13

The top 4 areas the newly-minted Democratic majorities should look at as their top priorities.

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Elites agree: It’s time for you and your kids to pay for their failures

Brick City Blog
By Sean Olsen | 12/13/12

The elite agenda for “fixing” our economy calls for significant doses of sacrifice from the middle class and working poor and precious little sacrifice from them.

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Popping the bubble: more data that bursts commonly-held GOP tax beliefs

Brick City Blog
By Sean Olsen | 11/15/12

A new Congressional Research Service study shows that as the tax rate increases, GDP growth is unaffected.

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Obama Administration takes step to substantially reduce the number of abortions

Brick City Blog
By Sean Olsen | 10/11/12

In a few decades we may look back and realize that President Barack Obama took the most concrete step of any President in the Roe v. Wade era towards reducing the occurrence of abortion.