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State Representative Paul Anderson
100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
651-296-4317
For more information contact: House GOP Communications 651-296-5520
POST SESSION UPDATE
News From Representative Anderson
Many good reforms to government have been made in the budget proposed by Republicans – all without raising taxes. Reforming government, and making sure that priorities like education and health care are being funded properly can be done without raising taxes.
Last biennium state government spent just over $31 billion. This biennium we are proposing to spend $34 billion, a 6% increase from last biennium. This week I would like to highlight a few areas of reform included in our budget - all without increasing taxes.
Environment Bill:
- Addresses critical issues including aquatic invasive species.
Health and Human Services:
- Funds priorities and promotes sustainability by spending $570 million more than last biennium while reducing projected spending increases by 15%
- Increases funding for 69 nursing homes
Higher Education:
- Promotes efficiency and effectiveness with performance benchmarks for the U of M and MnSCU
K-12 Education:
- Increases K-12 education funding statewide by 3.2%
Public Safety:
- Prioritizes spending to protect delivery of public safety services while limiting use of state taxpayer dollars on state agency educational outreach programs and grants.
State Government:
- Reduces projected state government spending 33% while implementing innovations to drive efficiency and make existing state dollars go further
- Protects veterans and military affairs, does not reduce state employee salary, does not increase employee contribution to their pensions
Taxes:
- Provides tax relief to families and property tax relief to property owners
- Improves business climate by phasing out the statewide business property tax and targeting tax relief to help job creators, grow and expand business in Minnesota
Transportation:
- Increases local road funding by over $120 million dollars
Creating a business friendly climate in Minnesota begins with making it easier for our job creators to stay here. By improving the health of our own businesses we can make Minnesota an attractive place for more businesses and provide for more competition; that is what will grow our economy.
Sincerely,
Paul
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