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To: Moonray who wrote (15405)	5/14/1998 3:31:00 PM
From: DMaA	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 22053

From today's WSJ: SILICON VALLEYITES are urged to "Upgrade to Minnesota." The Land of 10,000 Lakes, along with major employers, is financing an advertising campaign aimed at luring high-tech workers from California's Silicon Valley to Minnesota. The campaign includes a "salary converter" that claims that $1 in Silicon Valley has $1.50 to $2.25 in buying power in Minnesota. Although all are welcome, the sponsors concede the radio, Web and billboard campaign is most likely to attract Midwesterners currently living in California. One ad: A pastoral setting complete with a picket fence and the words: "In Silicon Valley, this is a park. In Minnesota it's a yard." The catch is, for every dollar you earn, you only get to keep 25 Cents. (slight, but only slight, hyperbole). It's not a park, it's a yard, but we tax it like it was the Hurst Mansion.