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Investment income is taxed at a lower rate because the government wants people to invest their savings (yes, this money has already been taxed at least once) in businesses of...

I find it highly ironic that the Occupy Wall Street protesters' volunteer kitchen crew is currently on strike because "professional homeless people" have crashed the party to get the free...

"82% of Willmar High School graduates are going to college" -- Looks like neither the ever-increasing costs nor the government cuts to higher education are stopping anyone. Kari Stadem Blomkest

I'd like to clarify the misunderstanding I see in letter after letter about the difference between tax rates and tax revenue. Every time tax rates have been decreased in the...

We often whine that things "aren't made to last like they used to." But I remember when VW Beetles were amazing because they lasted 100,000 miles -- that was unheard...

To everyone who voted for the school levy: Each year for the next 10 years, when our property taxes come due, let's write a check to the school district for...

opinion We hear a lot about "taxing the rich" in order to "create jobs." I wonder what people think "the rich" do with their money if it's not taxed --...

Since 1976, Collin Peterson has been a full-time politician. Recently, it seems as if he is challenging the definition of "full time." Peterson was surprisingly absent when 39 fellow Democrats...

People talk about the health care crisis as though the only possible villains are doctors, insurance companies, or the government.

People talk about the health care crisis as though the only possible villains are doctors, insurance companies, or the government.