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Killing the medical device tax hasn’t boosted jobs as Erik Paulsen claimed it would

The following article by Cory Zorwoski was posted on the CityPages website April 21, 2017:

The Minnesota Republican sometimes dresses as a surgeon while playing the role of a lawmaker who’s supposed to represent the people.

Zimmer Biomet, an Indiana-based manufacturer of artificial joint orthopedics and dental prostheses, has a BFF in Minnesota Congressman Rep. Erik Paulsen.

The tax took effect in January 2013. Its two-year respite started in December 2015.

Coming off his successful November reelection, Paulsen’s “first initiative” in 2017 was introducing legislation that would permanently repeal the tax. Continue reading “Killing the medical device tax hasn’t boosted jobs as Erik Paulsen claimed it would”