[Son House]

Lack of understanding of Opportunity Cost will get many fools votes next November. Job opportunities will be the cost. Republicans better get in teaching mode, pronto!

[HarleyD]

How about a politician tax? Anyone who holds an office or held an office should pay 5% of their wages for causing deficit spending.

[goodnesswins]

WHAT you TAX....you get LESS OF....bye bye Millionaires in Minnesota....

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

South Dakota has no income tax.

[Pollster1]

"Actions never have consequences" - the Dem motto.

After all, it's not like millionaires will stop working if we take 70% of their income in taxes, is it? It's not like millionaires who want to keep working will move out of state if we take 70% of their income in taxes. It's not like millionaires who don't want to move will hire an accountant to hide their income if we take 70% of their reported income in taxes. What could possibly go wrong if we levy punitive taxes on the most productive citizens in the state?

[meyer]

Soooooo....

Who wants to be a millionaire now???

[swatbuznik]

I’m no millionaire, but I’m ready to head south and westward.... I hope this blows any chance Dayton has at the governor’s office.

[GAB-1955]

Oh, how that is working in Maryland... NOT!

[Suz in AZ]

Maybe they will want to move to AZ.

[sphinx]

According to the Minnesota Department of Revenue, 8400 Minnesotans earn an average of $1.2 million annually. Another 1442 earn more than $2.6 million and 30 taxpayers earn more than $26 million.

The top 30 I can believe; Minnesota probably has enough top dollar professional athletes, plus a handful of highly paid CEOs, to hit that mark. But the other figures sound high. How many of those 8,400 folks averaging $1.2 million actually pull down that much on an annual basis? My guess is that a fair number of them are reporting a once-in-a-lifetime event such as the sale of a business or the sale of stock options. Does anyone have a feel for the figures?

[piytar]

So how many of those 30 making more than $26 million will stick around to get sucker-punched by yet another socialist’s tax?

Liberalism really is a mental illness. With a large dose of stupid mixed in, too.

[Son House]

higher income tax on the state's highest income earners and said the money should be used to ease the budget crunch at local schools.

How about Parents take responsibility to "ease the budget crunch at local schools"? Parents should plan to have their children educated and not rely on the state, especially given the state's "descent to the bottom", as Dayton calls it

[FreeAtlanta]

I propose taking 95% of all Millionaire and Billionaire’s wealth that supported Democrats starting with George Soros.

[piytar]

Oh, and in case anyone here knows any of those high earners, esp the 30 making more than $26M: Let ‘em know Texas would welcome them with open arms (unless they are libs), and we have no state income tax!

[Son House]

Just to elaborate on “opportunity cost”, if one votes Democrat, expect higher unemployment, higher taxes, 401k value loss, and a bad economy, than lower your expectations.

[MNnice]

Dayton’s your typical rich liberal who didn’t earn his wealth. His father and uncles built the department store empire that pays him a handsome trust income, yet he’s never worked a day in the business. Mostly because of his mental disorder he wouldn’t be able to hold a regular job.

[political1]

Good let each state manage their own economies. Although I would say if they try this in Minnesota. We would welcome all their millionaires here in Alabama.

[Colonel_Flagg]

I’m sure Joe Mauer will be thrilled.