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<\/p>\nIf you are one of the 200,000 Minnesotans with a license from the Minnesota Department of Commerce, prepare for a huge fee increase.<\/p>\n
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Dayton proposes funding the Commerce Department entirely<\/em> by fees exacted from those \u201cindustries.\u201d<\/p>\n Are you a real estate agent? Reeling from the collapse of the houseing market are you? \u00a0Tough rocks, Audrey; your license to do business is going up.<\/p>\n Are you an Appraiser? \u00a0Your kids are wearing last years’ shoes, and you’re trying to figure out your umpteenth way to fix spaghetti so the kids don’t twig to the fact you’ve been stretching a two-pound box of noodles, since nobody’s buying houses since the Obama Stimulus ceased stimulating? \u00a0Pony up, cowboy.<\/p>\n Youre an Insurance agent? Well, your customers may be in good hands – but unless you cough up a pile of extra money, they’ll be someone else’s hands.<\/p>\n Stock broker? \u00a0Notary? \u00a0Barber? The list goes on and on. \u00a0Basically, if you’re any kind of professional whose franchise to do business depends on a state license, you’re going to be paying more – even if <\/em>you’re making less.<\/p>\n