Peas in a pod?
Governor Pawlenty cited some statistics this week from the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council that said Minnesota was 49th in tax rankings for small business.
Here's what you need to know about the group.
Some digging found that the group is headed by several GOP political heavy weights. Grover Norquist, with Americans for Tax Reform, is a director of the group.
Richard Rahn, with the Cato Institute, is also a director. He also has an interesting resume. He's the former economic adviser to former President George Bush, was the Chief Economist for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and also writes for the Center for Global Economic Growth which is funded by Freedom Works, a group created by former House Majority Leader Dick Armey.
The head of S,B and E is Karen Kerrigan who sat on the board of the Americans for Tax Reform Foundation and worked for the Small Business Survival Committee. She also gave plenty of money to conservative candidates like Tom Delay.
The group's secretary is Sydney Hay, who is running for Congress in Arizona. Hay is a former lobbyist who loves charter schools. She was also a campaign consultant who worked for several conservative causes.
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