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HOLD ONTO YOUR WALLETS AND PURSES; THE DEMOCRATS ARE NOW IN POWER!
By Michael B. Brodkorb | March 12, 2007
I received the below list of DFL tax-proposals from a dedicated reader of Minnesota Democrats Exposed.
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INCOME TAXES ON WORKING MINNESOTANS
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Rep. Mindy Greiling (D-Roseville) wants to raise income taxes by $252 million. (House File 1738)
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Rep. Ann Lenczewski (D-Bloomington) wants to raise income taxes on 170,000 taxpayers. She added this tax increase with an amendment to House File 1258. It would collect millions more in income taxes.
SALES TAXES ON CONSUMERS
- Rep. Melissa Hortman (D-Brooklyn Park) wants to impose an extra sales tax to pay for transit and other purposes. In the Metro area, there would be one tax increase. In the rest of the state, the new tax could be proposed by any two or more county boards. (House File 1463)
- Rep. Rick Hansen (D-South St. Paul) would impose an extra sales tax to raise at least $500 million a year pay for new parks, trails, and habitat projects. (House File 1449)
- Rep. Shelley Madore (D-Apple Valley) wants to impose an extra sales tax on the three million people in the metro area to pay for more buses and trolleys. (House File 1112).
TAX THE DEAD, THE DRIVERS, THE HOMEOWNERS, AND THE PAINT ON THEIR HOMES
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Rep. Tom Anzelc (D-International Falls) wants to authorize a new tax on dead people in his area to pay for the Lakeview Cemetery Association. (House File 213).
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Rep. Bernie Lieder (D-Crookston) wants to triple a tax on hearses. (House File 946)
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Rep. Ken Tschumper (D-La Crescent) wants to raise fuel taxes by 50 percent on gasoline, E85, M85, liquefied petroleum gas, propane, liquefied natural gas, and compressed natural gas. (House File 1469).
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Rep. Bernie Lieder (D-Crookston) wants to raise your gas taxes by 50 percent, and allow counties to charge you a wheelage tax, and triple the tax on cars and hearses, and allow counties to raise the sales tax, and put a transportation-impact tax on every building permit, and raise the cost to register vehicles. (House File 946)
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Homeowners would face a 50 percent increase when filing any papers related to the purchase, transfer, mortgaging, sale, or other transfer of property. Money from those taxes on homeowners would be given to non-homeowners seeking to rent property or buy their own homes. Rep. Scott Kranz (D-Blaine) wrote House File 939.
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Rep. Melissa Hortman (D-Brooklyn Park) wants to collect more taxes on local deeds and mortgage documents in Anoka County. (House File 362)
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Rep. Erin Murphy (D-St. Paul) wants to collect more taxes on local deeds and mortgage documents in Hennepin and Ramsey Counties. (House File 1042)
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Rep. Joe Atkins (D-Inver Grove Heights) wants to collect more taxes on local deeds and mortgage documents in Dakota County. (House File 1466)
TAXING ALCOHOL AND COSMETIC SURGERY
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Rep. Phyllis Kahn (D-Minneapolis) wants to tax cosmetic surgery. This would be a bad precedent the sales tax, which generally has applied only to goods (except for food, clothing, and a few other exceptions). (House File 1027)
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Rep. Michael Paymar (D-St. Paul) wants to pile enormous tax increases on beverages containing alcohol. He would raise taxes on metric sales beverages by the following percentages: distilled spirits (up 228%); wine (up 450%); hard cider (up 800%); regular beer (up 790%); and 3.2% beer (up 457%). (House File 1050) It would collect over $110 million in new taxes.
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Rep. Karen Clark (D-Minneapolis) is seeking similar increases in taxes on alcohol, but for other purposes. (House File 1446)
TAXES ON DOTING FRIENDS AND RELATIVES
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Rep. Joe Mullery (D-Minneapolis) wants to put a 10% tax on people who give gifts. If the donor does not pay the tax, then the tax liability shifts to the person who received the gift. In such cases, the donor would still be liable for a $100 penalty for not paying the gift tax. Under the bill, you could be required to show the gift to the Commissioner of Revenue to determine its true worth. (House File 1212)
"REACH OUT AND TOUCH SOMEONE," WITH TAXES
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Rep. Debra Hilstrom (D-Brooklyn Center) wants to raise a tax on cell phones, land-line phones, and other telecommunications devices by 46%. (House File 1464)
"GIVING" BEGINS AT HOME
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Rep. Frank Moe (D-Bemidji) wants to raise local sales and use taxes in Bemidji. (House File 1103)
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Rep. Bernie Lieder (D-Crookston) wants to raise local sales and use taxes in Crookston. (House File 1820)
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Rep. Will Morgan (D-Burnsville) wants to create special tax increment financing districts in Burnsville. These districts often shift property tax burdens onto current landowners for years. (House File 1054)
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Rep. Carolyn Laine (D-Columbia Heights) wants to create a special tax increment financing district in Columbia Heights. (House File 1879)
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Rep. Terry Morrow (D-St. Peter) wants a new local sales tax authorized for North Mankato. (House File 108)
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Rep. Bill Hilty (D-Finlayson) wants a new local sales tax authorized for Cloquet. (House File 885)
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Rep. Mike Jaros (D-Duluth) to raise taxes on food and beverages in Duluth to help to pay for a new hockey arena in that city. (House File 134)
FEE INCREASES AHEAD
Democrats campaigned against fee increases last fall. But now, they are introducing bills with lots of fees. Some of the tax increases described above are called "fee increases" in part or in whole (phone fees, alcohol fees, health impact fees). Then there are these bills:
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Rep. Larry Haws (D-St. Cloud) wants to raise fees for county and regional jails. )House File 161)
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Rep. Brita Sailer (D-Park Rapids) wants to raise fees on video and electronic equipment sales. (House File 854)
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Rep. Joe Atkins (D-Inver Grove Heights) wants to impose an extra $250 fee on cigarette manufacturers. (House File 1737)
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Rep. Erin Murphy (D-St. Paul) wants to raise pharmacy fees automatically on an annual basis. (House File 1722)
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March 12th, 2007 at 9:55 pm
This is sick.
Is there some “tax addiction” therapy our legislators can undergo? Something to help them shake the habit…
March 13th, 2007 at 1:27 am
Wisconsin isn’t much better with Big Jim Doyle as governor (for now), but since I work in the East Metro, I could consider moving to Prescott. And spending my money there. (pssst, for you economicaly illiterate Democrats, this is a basic economic principle).
March 13th, 2007 at 1:30 am
And to add one more thing…..this is what MDE should be doing. Multiple threads on one issue gets old.
This is the kind of news that MSM will not summarize, so it is up to you to do this.
March 13th, 2007 at 1:34 am
Okay, I’ll go for three posts in a row. Economics 101 for the Democrats (let me know if I use any big words that you don’t understand). Right now, when in wisconsin, I always stock up on beer (I really like beer), but would not drive out of my way to buy cost efficient beer.
If the above tax increases go into affect, I will drive to Hudson or Prescott and buy booze. See, what happens is Minnesota liquor stores sell less. That means fewer jobs and less overall tax revenue. If any of you Democrats want me to tutor you on basic economic principles, please send me a tax….I mean a fee of $500 and I will educate you.
March 13th, 2007 at 5:30 am
To be fair are any Dems proposing tax cuts? LOL
March 13th, 2007 at 6:42 am
Is there anything that they are NOT taxing? This is absolutely ridiculous! How can they keep pushing these taxes – are they immune to them?
March 13th, 2007 at 6:43 am
Is there anything that they are NOT taxing? This is absolutely ridiculous! How can they keep pushing these taxes – are they immune to them?
Everyone needs to join the Tax Cut Coalition to stop this from happening.
March 13th, 2007 at 7:48 am
This legislature in on a ban and tax rampage. I doubt we can count on the governor to veto and even if he does, there are plenty of ‘go along to get along’ Republicans who will vote for overrides.
This all on top of the ‘healthy minnesota’ legislation being introduced which will cost billions more per year.
Hudson, WI is starting to look pretty good to me.
March 13th, 2007 at 8:06 am
further proof that 2006 was the greatest election swindle of modern times, pulled of by your Minnesota Democrats.
but i can’t help but notice how many of these are sponsored by long-time DFL stalwarts. Where are all the new freshmen DFLers who campaigned as moderates? Shouldn’t they be denouncing all these tax increases? Oh, wait, they were part of the bait-and-switch, too. They aren’t really moderates.
March 13th, 2007 at 8:27 am
This is what happens when you vote democRat!!
Once the party name democrat meant a party for working class citizens and the party had some respectable people involved and did what not only was good for their party but good for the country.
The democRat party now is the socialist party and they truly do believe it should be government who makes our decisions and not any individuals.
Take a good look people at ST. Paul and Minneapolis as that is how the rest of the state will look if you continue to vote for socialist in democRat clothing.
March 13th, 2007 at 8:54 am
Unfortunately I don’t see T-Paw using his veto to strike down each and every one of these Socialist Bills as a true Conservative would. Maybe it’s time to start looking around to find a state that isn’t so addicted to my income feeding their checkbook.
March 13th, 2007 at 9:16 am
Please move to Wisconsin, I think you would be much happier there living with your Packer brethren.
Then we could add a toll bridge on the border, so you could start paying to maintain our Minnesota roads you would use and abuse on your daily commute.
We could also throw on an additional 10% in sales tax on all the Packer crap they sell in our state, to move that back across the border.
When do you want your U-Haul?
March 13th, 2007 at 10:11 am
I love the fact that Rep. Joe Atkins – the self-proclaimed mainstream (possible) Democratic US Senate candidate – is proposing two tax increases, including one on new homeowners in Dakota County. If that’s a moderate, then god keep us from the liberals.
March 13th, 2007 at 12:15 pm
Dave of the VRWC, Your Macro Econ 101 would be correct accept it doesn’t take into account that evil people with money stole it by crushing the defenseless working man under the jackboot of capitalism.
Just trying to see it the Lib way. Now I’m physically ill even thinking like that.
I’ve been enrolled in several schools and every one required and Econ course. So I’m sure Libs know how it works. It isn’t about revenue. Lower taxes has increased revenue every time it has been tried and the Libs have to know that. (I would hope)
It is about control. I take your money by taxing what I don’t like and things you do like. If that forces you to do the things I tax less then I win, you lose. If you still do it I get your money and you lose. If you do what I say I’ll give you some of your money back and I win. If you don’t do what I say I give your money to someone else and you can’t say who. Did I miss anything?
What is the biggest icon of freedom and prosperity? Your automobile. Huh, look where most of the tax proposals are. And that money will go to more trains and busses.
Stupid (socialist) Libs.
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