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February 14, 2013
Do tax increases kill jobs? Minnesota is about to find out
By PATRICK CONDON
Associated Press
Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS — Dik Bolger is a lifelong Minnesota Democrat, a gray-bearded baby boomer with a braid down his back whose Minneapolis printing company's plant displays work by local artists and sculptors. He backed Mark Dayton for governor, but his take on the Democratic chief executive's plan for new business taxes could be the voice-over for a Republican campaign commercial.
“We're screwed,” Bolger said, if the tax goes through. His 79-year-old company competes nationwide and overseas for work with major brands like Chanel. “If you're bidding for a $100,000 job on a national basis and tax expenses push you a couple of percent higher, then I'm not competitive.”
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