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RAISE TAXES RYBAK TALKS TAX INCREASES
By Luke Hellier | December 10, 2009
Mayor Rybak has hit the road and is getting ready to R.aise T.axes on Minnesotans.
My favorite line from the story from the Bemidji Pioneer is:
“I’m also an extremely tough fiscal manager. It’s your tax dollars that I’m using.â€
Which seems odd to me considering Rybak championed a $500,000 pet project to build artisan fountains across Minneapolis.
For more of the story:
He doesn’t throw around the “taxes†word, but is calling for a “progressive†tax system where the wealthy pay their share. Still, that will only raise $1 billion to $ 2 billion when a budget shortfall of $5.4 billion looms in the next biennium.
“I’m not a magician but I am somebody who can stand up to every citizen in the state of Minnesota and say government’s role is critically important right now, and the people who do the work are critically important,†he said.
“One of the things we could do would be to broaden the sales tax on some items,†Rybak said, without specifying food, clothes or services. “If we did that, we’d have lower property taxes.â€
http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/event/article/id/100013965/
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