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A letter in the Open Forum page of the Brainerd Dispatch was entitled “Dayton shows leadership.” The letter was a rant against the “Republican-Controlled Senate.” That title has finally come to pass. Gov. Dayton has today (Thursday) shown his leadership by accepting the Minnesota Republican ...

If you make a million dollars or more a year, and you get a 2 percent tax hike, will that keep you from spending money on anything you want? Will you pass up that new vehicle or boat or lake home, drive less or dine out less or cut back your vacation? Of course not! You still have plenty of income f...

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The shutdown is beginning to affect all of us. We’ve all noticed some government services that are not available during the shutdown. Restaurant openings are being delayed while waiting for inspectors. Road repairs are being delayed. Licenses cannot be renewed.   Even before the government sh...

Society is actively debating the size of government. People on both sides of  this debate often fail to mention the role of government. Our Constitution  limits the role of government on personal and economic matters, with the  presumption of liberty. However, a small government doesn...

The Republicans have attached all their social issues to the budget. All of those issues should be argued separately. They are holding Gov. Dayton hostage to a debt that they created. Gov. Pawlenty did not offer a real budget solution during his two terms in office — he left Dayton with a mess. &n...

Am I missing something? I have been looking for stories in the Dispatch and Twin City papers covering examples of how people in the upper tier of income in Minnesota are creating jobs with the money they are now not paying in taxes, but would under Dayton's plan. Please put your best reporters on th...