I have revealed lists of importers by Congressional District twice in this space, first for Peter Roskam and next for Kevin Brady. What about the rank-and-file Republicans on the Ways and Means Committee? Do they also represent a lot of importers about to be whacked by this tax law?
Do you think these guys like light shining on the actual effect of their work on their constituents? Well, I for one don't care. They need to be accountable to voters.
For this question, I looked at the Third District of Minnesota, the district represented by Erik Paulsen. It's a big district, as you can see from the map, and includes some major corporations (big employers), notably Best Buy and Target, two notorious losers under the BAT, among others. Many important companies are located in Edina, Eden Prairie and Minnetonka, and other outskirt suburbs of Minneapolis. This is Paulsen's home.
Best Buy had 2,416 import entries over a two-year period (2015-16) and according to several reports, will go underwater if the BAT is passed into law. This StarTribune article, for instance, says Best Buy's tax bill for the first nine months of 2016 would be more than triple their earnings. That's even worse than our projected 165% tax bill! The StarTribune's conclusion: "That's a life-threatening tax increase." As you may recall, Best Buy met with Trump with other CEOs of retail giants to protest this bill recently (the RILA meeting).
And Paulsen? He's "pro-jobs", can't you tell? His comments on Trump's address to Congress describes him as follows: "Congressman Paulsen, a champion of small business and advocate of free enterprise, entrepreneurship, and innovation, serves on the House Ways and Means Committee, the bicameral Joint Economic Committee, and is co-chair of the Congressional Medical Technology Caucus." [Emphasis added]
In actual fact, news coverage of his district indicates that he is a supporter of the BAT. "'I personally, I want to make sure we go down the direction of increased tariffs and increased border taxes. It keeps the tax system from tilting the playing field,' Paulsen said."
That's an "advocate of free enterprise" speaking, in case you were wondering. He says so.
Paulsen takes this position, notwithstanding that in his district over the last two years, there have been 53,940 import entries by 1,784 different companies and individuals. Consider that he represents Target (only partially included in this list), Best Buy, Bluestem Group, Toro Company, Buhler, General Mills, Cargill, Carl Zeiss Import, Supervalu and other familiar and less familiar names. He's all in for a law that will harshly PUNISH his own constituents.
I guess he doesn't think Target and Best Buy provide "good American jobs". Perhaps he doesn't think they are "good American companies" or even that the people there are "good Americans". It's a slippery slope, once you start slapping on nonsense labels.
Does Erik Paulsen answer to his constituents, or to party leaders? Who elected him?
Why isn't anyone furious about this? What is his job supposed to be, after all?
Here are the top 281 importers (in alpha order) residing in zip codes that are either wholly or partially included in the Third District. I do not know how the law will affect any of these companies specifically, just that they imported at least 20 times in the last two years. It's a good proxy for the breadth of the Third District businesses likely to be adversely affected by the BAT. Consider that these companies certainly employ 100,000-200,000 people in the Third District. How many mortgages, pensions, college tuition payments, savings accounts, grocery bills, family emergencies are funded by the payroll covering these good folks?
Does Paulsen care?
That's the big question. Let them eat cake, perhaps.
The list:
| 161 DESIGN LTD | HOPKINS | MN |
| ACQUISITION 362 LLC | HOPKINS | MN |
| ACQUISITION 362 LLC DBA STRATEGIC | WAYZATA | MN |
| ADAMS NUTBOLTS | HOPKINS | MN |
| ADO PRODUCTS | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| AERATION INDUSTRIES INTL INC | ROGERS | MN |
| AIROTOR LCC | CHASKA | MN |
| ALTUS MFG | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| AM RETAIL GROUP INC | LORETTO | MN |
| ANAGRAM INTERNATIONAL INC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| ANIMAL ADVENTURE INC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| APEX INTL | HOPKINS | MN |
| ARDENT MILLS | EDEN PRAIRIE | MN |
| ARDENT MILLS LLC | WAYZATA | MN |
| ARKRAY EDINA WAREHOUSE | WAYZATA | MN |
| ATI CHEMICAL DISTRIBUTION | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| BAMBOO IMPORTS MINNESOTA INC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| BANNER ENGENEERING | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| BAY ISLAND INC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| BECKMAN COULTER AP CHASKA | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| BERG BAG | CHASKA | MN |
| BERG BAG RAPID PACKAGING | CHAMPLIN | MN |
| BEST BUY | CHAMPLIN | MN |
| BEST OF FRUITS | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| BIRNSTENGEL EQUIPMENT | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| BLIP TOYS | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| BLM TECHNOLIGIES INC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| BLOOMFIELD AND ASSOCIATES INC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| BLUESTEM BRANDS INC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| BOYD MEDICAL SAFETY SUPPLIES | EDEN PRAIRIE | MN |
| BRACKETRON INC | EDEN PRAIRIE | MN |
| BRIDGEWAY TRADING CORPORATION | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| BROICH ENTERPRISES INC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| BUHLER INC | EDEN PRAIRIE | MN |
| BUSINESS IMPACT GROUP LLC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| C REEBOK CCM HOCKEY US INC | CHANHASSEN | MN |
| CADENCE PACKAGIN GROUP | OSSEO | MN |
| CARDIOCOM LLC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| CAREFUSION | CHANHASSEN | MN |
| CARGILL INCORPORATED | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| CARL ZEISS IMT CORPORATION | WAYZATA | MN |
| CARLSON AIRFLO MERCHANDISING SYSTEM | OSSEO | MN |
| CARLSON JPM | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| CARLSON STORE FIXTURES | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| CATERPILLAR PAVING PRODUCTS INC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| CD PRO POWER CORDS INC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| CEDES OF AMERICA | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| CEG ENTERPRISES LLC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| CERAMIC TILEWORKS CENTER | HOPKINS | MN |
| CFMOTO POWERSPORTS INC | OSSEO | MN |
| CH ROBINSON WORLDWIDE INC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| CHEMSOL LLC | EDEN PRAIRIE | MN |
| CHRISTOPHER & BANKS INC | HOPKINS | MN |
| CINMAX INTERNATIONAL LLC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| CIT RELAY AND SWITCH | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| CLAM CORPORATION | ROGERS | MN |
| CLEAR EDGE TECHNICAL FABRICS | HAMEL | MN |
| CONSUMER SALES NETWORKINC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| CONTROL TECHNIQUES | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| COOLIBAR INC | EDEN PRAIRIE | MN |
| CORNERSTONE PRODUCTS INTL | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| COUNTRYWIDE TIRE AND RUBBER | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| COYNES AND CO INC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| CPPI | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| CREATIVE APPAREL CONCEPTS | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| CREATIVE RESOURCES | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| CREEDON TECHNOLOGIES USA | HOPKINS | MN |
| CRESCENT PRODUCTS | HOPKINS | MN |
| DAIKIN APPLIED AMERICAS INC | ROGERS | MN |
| DANCERS DREAMLLC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| DANIEL PAUSTIS AND SONS | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| DECIMET SALES INC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| DESIGN DYNAMIX INC | ROGERS | MN |
| DETECTOR ELECTRONICS CORP | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| DIGI INTERNATIONAL | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| DIRECT FASTENERS INC | EDEN PRAIRIE | MN |
| DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS AND SERVICES | ROCKFORD | MN |
| DONALDSON COMPANY INC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| EATON CORPORATION | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| EATON FLUID POWER HYDRAULICS | EDEN PRAIRIE | MN |
| ELECTRONICS CONTROLLED SYS INC | EDEN PRAIRIE | MN |
| EMERSON CLIMATE TECHNOLOGIES CONTRO | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| ENGAGE TECNOLOGIES CORP | CHANHASSEN | MN |
| ENGINEERED PRODUCTS COMPANY | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| ENTEGRIS INC | HOPKINS | MN |
| EVINE LIVE | CHASKA | MN |
| EXLAR CORPORATION | EDEN PRAIRIE | MN |
| EZ GARD INDUSTRIES DBA SHOCK DOCTOR | CHANHASSEN | MN |
| FILMTEC CORPORATION | HOPKINS | MN |
| FJ VOCHKO CO | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| GARLOCK EQUIPMENT | MOUND | MN |
| GARVEN LLC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| GAZELLE MARKETING INC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY | HAMEL | MN |
| GENERAL MILLS OPERATIONS INC | HOPKINS | MN |
| GET BUSY PLAYIN' LLC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| GRACO INC | OSSEO | MN |
| GRAIN MILLERS INC | ROGERS | MN |
| GREAT NORTH IMPORTS LLC | EDEN PRAIRIE | MN |
| GRIFFIN COMPANY LOGISTICS | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| GROUP MEDICAL SUPPLY | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| H AND B SPECIALIZED PRODUCTS | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| HALO INNOVATIONS INC | EDEN PRAIRIE | MN |
| HAUS ALPENZ LLC | HOPKINS | MN |
| HELICAL ANCHORS INC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| HID GLOBAL CORP. | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| HID GLOBAL CORPORATION | EDEN PRAIRIE | MN |
| HOEGGER FOOD TECHNOLOGY, INC | EDEN PRAIRIE | MN |
| HOM FURNITURE | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| IKEA | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| ILLUME CANDLES INC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| ILLUME HOLDING COMPANY LLC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| IMI CORNELIUS INC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| INDUSTRIAL DOOR COMPANY INC | OSSEO | MN |
| INDUSTRIAL FABRIC CORPORATION | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| INTERCOMP COMPANY | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| INTERNATIONAL PARTS SUPPLY COR | HAMEL | MN |
| JAX LTD | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| JDS MARKETING | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| JDT INTERNATIONAL LLC | HAMEL | MN |
| JDT WORLDWIDE LLC | MINNETONKA | MN |
| JOHNSON PLASTICS INTL | MINNETONKA | MN |
| KAISER GROUP INC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| KATE LOTILESTONE | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| KATELO INC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| KATUN CORPORATION | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| KEYSTONE RETAINING WAIL SYSTEMS INC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| KOLPIN OUTDOORS INC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| KURT MANUFACTURING COMPANY | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| LAKE VIEW INDUSTRIES | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| LAMEX FOODS INC | CHASKA | MN |
| LIND ELECTRONICS INC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| LOG HOUSE FOODS 87 | MINNETONKA | MN |
| LORAM MAINTENANCE OF WAY INC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| M S ESS BROTHERS AND SONS | HAMEL | MN |
| MAGNOLIA AND VINE | LORETTO | MN |
| MAMAC SYSTEMS INC | MINNETONKA | MN |
| MAR COR PURIFICATION | CHANHASSEN | MN |
| MARKETING DRIVE PROMOTION SER | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| MARTREX INC | HOPKINS | MN |
| MCLAUGHLIN GORMLEY KING COMPANY | CHASKA | MN |
| MEDIVATORS INC | WATERTOWN | MN |
| MEDSOURCE INTERNATIONAL | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| MEISTER MMA | MOUND | MN |
| MEM CE LLC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| MICHAEL FOODS INC | EDEN PRAIRIE | MN |
| MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC | HOPKINS | MN |
| MIDWEST PRODUCT DEVELOPERS C O | CHANHASSEN | MN |
| MIDWEST RUBBER SERVICE AND SUPPLIES | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| MIDWEST SUPPLY OF MINNESOTA | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| MIKROS ENGINEERING | HOPKINS | MN |
| MILESTONE INC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| MILK SPECIALTIES COMPANY | MOUND | MN |
| MILLTRONICS | EDEN PRAIRIE | MN |
| MILLTRONICS USA INC | WACONIA | MN |
| MINNETONKA BREWING & EQUIPMENT CO | WACONIA | MN |
| MOTO ALLIANCE | EXCELSIOR | MN |
| MTS SYSTEMS CORP | ROGERS | MN |
| MY CABLE MART LLC | EDEN PRAIRIE | MN |
| NA TRADING TECH | EDEN PRAIRIE | MN |
| NILFISK ADVANCE INC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| NORMARK INNOVATIONS | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| NORTH CENTRAL COMPANY | HOPKINS | MN |
| NORTH POLE STAR S DE R L DE C V | WAYZATA | MN |
| NORTHSTAR MANUFACTURING COMPANY | HAMEL | MN |
| NORWESCO INC | MINNETONKA | MN |
| NUCOM LTD | SAINT BONIFACIUS | MN |
| OCTANE FITNESS | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| OMG ELECTRONIC CHEMICALS | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| OPS AMERICA | MAPLE PLAIN | MN |
| OPTP | LORETTO | MN |
| OSI BATTERIES | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| OXFORD DIECAST USA | MINNETONKA | MN |
| P M & J LLC | LONG LAKE | MN |
| PACKAGING SOLUTIONS INC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| PADDI MURPHY | HOPKINS | MN |
| PALAY DISPLAY INDIND | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| PALCO SPORTS | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| PARKER HANNIFIN CORPORATE | OSSEO | MN |
| PATTON INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| PELICAN BIOTHERMAL LLC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| PEOPLENET | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| PERFORMANCE HEADWEAR | EDEN PRAIRIE | MN |
| PHILLIPS AND TEMRO INDUSTRIES INC | OSSEO | MN |
| PINTA ACOUSTIC INC | EDEN PRAIRIE | MN |
| POLARIS ENTERPRISES INC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| POWER ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION | HAMEL | MN |
| PRECISION INC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| PRIMERA TECHNOLOGY INC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| QUADION CORPORATION | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| QUADION LLC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| QUALITY BICYCLE PRODUCTS INC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| RAINBOW SEATING LLC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| RAINEY ROAD LIC DBA INTERNATIONAL C | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| RED DEVIL EQUIPMENT CO | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| REMCO INDUSTRIES | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| RENEWABLES LLC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| REVO BRAND GROUP | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| RIMAGE CORPORATION | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| RITCHIE ENGINEERING COMPANY IN | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| RIVERLINE INTERNATIONAL CO | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| ROBINSON RUBBER PRODUCTS CO | OSSEO | MN |
| ROCKLER COMPANY | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| ROLLIN B CHILD INC | HAMEL | MN |
| ROSEMOUNT INC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| RT SALES LLC | EDEN PRAIRIE | MN |
| SAFCO PRODUCTS | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA INC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| SCHOENFELD INTERNATIONAL | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| SEASONAL SPECIAL TIES LLC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| SHANE ERICKSON INC | EDEN PRAIRIE | MN |
| SHARK INDUSTRIAL CORP | SPRING PARK | MN |
| SHOCK DOCTOR INC | ROCKFORD | MN |
| SHOCK DOCTORS SPORTS | HOPKINS | MN |
| SHOWDOWN DISPLAYS | HOPKINS | MN |
| SICK INC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| SIGN ZONE INC RAMSEY | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| SIGNATURE CONCEPTS INC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| SIS ENTERPRISE INC | HOPKINS | MN |
| SMITHS MEDICAL NORTH AMERICA IMPORT | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| SPECTRUM FRUITS INC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| STARLIGHT CANDLES INC | OSSEO | MN |
| STEIN INDUSTRIES INC DBA | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| STRATASYS INC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| STRATASYS INC MINNESOTA | EDEN PRAIRIE | MN |
| STRATEGIC IMPORT SUPPLY | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| STROKIN LLC | HOPKINS | MN |
| SUPERVALU INC | CHASKA | MN |
| SUPPER RADIATOR CIIL | EDEN PRAIRIE | MN |
| SUPPLY TECHNOLOGIES | CHASKA | MN |
| SUPPLY TECHNOLOGIESNY INC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| SYNGENTA SEEDS INC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| SYSTIUMR TECHNOLOGIES | HOPKINS | MN |
| TARGET CORPORATION | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| TARGET CUSTOMS BROKER CN | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| TARGET DIRECT | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| TARGET NORTHERN CAMPUS | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| TARGET PRIMARY NRCC T9397 | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| TENKSOLAR INC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| THE BARNARD GROUP | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| THE BELL BOY CORPORATION | CHANHASSEN | MN |
| THE BERGQUIST COMPANY | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| THE GOOD BEAD | CHANHASSEN | MN |
| THE TILE SHOP | MINNETONKA | MN |
| THE TORO COMPANY | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| THE VILLAGE COMPANY | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| THERMOKING CORPORATION | EDEN PRAIRIE | MN |
| THERMOTECH ENTERPRISES INC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| THERMOTECH LLC | HOPKINS | MN |
| TILE BY DESIGN | HOPKINS | MN |
| TIMESAVERS INC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| TLB HOLDING INC | OSSEO | MN |
| TOLOMATIC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| TORO COMPANY | HAMEL | MN |
| TORQUE FITNESS | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| TRABOCCA USA | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| TRANSITION NETWORKS INC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| TRANSPACIFIC SOURCING INC | HOPKINS | MN |
| TRICAM INDUSTRIES INC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| TRINITY WORLD TRADING INC | EDEN PRAIRIE | MN |
| TRINITY WORLD TRADING INC INTERNAT | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| TWIN CITY FAN COMPANIES LTD | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| TWIN CITY HOSE INC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| ULTIMED INC | MOUND | MN |
| UNITRON USA | EXCELSIOR | MN |
| VASCULAR SOLUTIONS | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| VEXILAR INC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| VICKERMAN COMPANY | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| VINOCOPIA INC | CHASKA | MN |
| VISHAY HIREL SYSTEMS LLC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| VMC INC | HOPKINS | MN |
| WAGNER SPRAY TECH CORPORATION | HOPKINS | MN |
| WARNER MANUFACTURING CO | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| WASTE MANAGEMENTS BAGSTER | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| WAYMOUTH FARMS INC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| WD NAVARRE DISTRIBUTION LLC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| WHARTON HUNT | EDEN PRAIRIE | MN |
| WILLIAM SOUND CORP | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
| WIRTHCO ENGINEERING INC | EDEN PRAIRIE | MN |
| Z WINES USA LLC | MINNEAPOLIS | MN |
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