By Sen. Frank Lasee, who represents the First Senate District in Northeast Wisconsin. The Benefits of Oil In just the six years between 2006 and 2012, North Dakota’s per capita income (its total economic output divided by its population)…

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America’s 50 different states have 50 different tax codes. This variation lets states experiment and learn from each other which policies work best. Laboratories of democracy as our founding fathers intended. Each year, the nonpartisan Tax Foundation ranks states based…

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Wisconsin’s Sand is a Big Fracking Deal The oil & natural gas fracking boom in states like North Dakota, Pennsylvania and Texas has put the United States on track to become the world’s top natural gas producer by 2014 and…

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Government Owned Land The Federal Government seems to struggle with ways to balance what they spend against what they take in taxes from others. Here is another federal resource that the feds don’t seem to think about when their budget…

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The American Economy, a Well Oiled Machine Think of the economy as a car with lots of moving parts. Like all cars, the economy needs oil to run smoothly and if you try to run it without oil, you’re asking…

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Lasee’s Notes is a way for me to communicate directly with you on key issues of our day and to champion limited government, lower taxes, and individual liberty. How we respond to these issues today, will affect the direction of…

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