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State Representative Dan Fabian
100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
651-296-9635
For more information contact: House GOP Communications 651-296-5520
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
News From Representative Fabian - Budget Surplus
Today state economists revealed the state budget has a surplus of about $876 million. This is great news regarding the state budget. The last time we were in the black was in 2007, when state economists announced a near $1 billion surplus. Since then, runaway spending and dipping into reserves has consistently put our budget in the red. We worked hard during the 2011 session to eliminate the $5 billion deficit, by restraining government spending and encouraging private sector job growth.
According to state law $255 million will be used to bring the state's cash-flow account back to a total of $350 million, which is the statutory maximum and the remaining $621 million be used to bring the state's budget reserves to a total of $648 million, $ 5 million below the $653 million statutory maximum.
In order to sustain a healthy state budget we must be committed to strengthening our economic climate and making our state more business friendly. Our focus must remain on helping Minnesota job creators build successful businesses, and we can do that by providing the right tools, which includes but not limited to reducing the tax burden and government bureaucracy, and continue forward with regulatory reform.
Governor Dayton’s call for a union election among select in-home child care providers is an over reach of his authority. By only allowing 4,300 providers to vote for 11,000 providers is not common sense.
Contrary to the governor’s statement that this is “the American way”, he has made it clear that approximately 7,000 licensed day care providers will not be able to vote. A minority of providers joining a union would have exclusive rights to negotiate on behalf of all providers. If non-union members wanted a say in what was being bargained for, they would have to join the union to be heard. The push to unionize private independent businesses like child care is a nationwide effort with dire financial consequences to the state, providers and the families who pay for child care.
According to a recent survey USA poll done by KSTP, they found that an overwhelming 68 percent of Minnesotans did not want to unionize in-home child care providers. The survey also found that 73 percent of Republicans opposed the plan as well as 60 percent of Democrats and 70 percent of independents.
If you have any concerns or questions regarding this matter, please don’t hesitate to contact my office.
Sincerely,
Dan
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