Budget & Spending Issues
May 13, 2013 JBudget & Spending, Taxes
According to a report from the Star Tribune, DFL Gov. Mark Dayton and Democratic legislative leaders yesterday reached an absurd budget agreement that calls for nearly $3 billion in new taxes to resolve a $627 million deficit.
March 15, 2013 JBudget & Spending, Taxes
AFP-MN has compiled the following list of specific proposals for increased taxes, fees and spending that go above and beyond Gov. Dayton's own proposal. This list highlights bills and their authors leading the charge for dramatically higher taxes and increased government spending.
December 05, 2012 JBudget & Spending
Americans for Prosperity-Minnesota, the state’s leading advocate for economic freedom and prosperity, today issued a statement on the December budget forecast from the Minnesota Office of Management and Budget (MMB).
September 27, 2012 JBudget & Spending, Health Care & Entitlements
ST. PAUL – AFP Minnesota, the nations premier economic freedom advocate, today announced continued opposition to the establishment of a state government health care exchange program. Minnesota is slated to receive over $42 million from the federal government for its ongoing construction of an exchange under the Affordable Care Act. “A state exchange would do [...]