Minnesota and Wisconsin Tax strategies

[question everything]

So Wisconsin taxman had an op-ed in the strib yesterday, Kinda boasting: we are better. I had to wonder why he even found the need to write it.

OK, here is the link

http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentaries/227449751.html

But today I read in the strib that even though Minnesota is no. 47 and Wisconsin is 43, "Minnesota’s economy was the fifth-fastest growing in the nation in 2012 and the unemployment rate in August was 5.1 percent, compared with a 7.3 percent U.S. jobless rate.

The state has chosen over the years other priorities than a business-friendly tax climate, and up to now the strategy has paid off. Lou Glazer, who runs a think tank in Michigan (ranked 14th in the nation for tax climate), has written a lot on the comparisons between Minnesota, a relatively high-tax state with a strong economy, and Michigan, a relatively low-tax state whose economy is struggling.

The comparisons favor Minnesota."

http://www.startribune.com/blogs/227084601.html

So back at you, Mr. Chandler.

I know that ever since the Wisconsin government went after public employees and teachers, we have not set foot in Wisconsin. We stay on the Minnesota side when visiting Lake Pepin.

[CatholicEdHead]

1. I will still hop the border to Hudson

to get some New Glarus beer, but with the way Scott Walker and the GOP Legislature continues their fun and games over there (I read the DU Wisconsin group on a regular basis), it is not a place I want to live in. While Dane County entices me, outside that area it is tough going right now.