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State Representative Rena Moran
100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
651-296-5158
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Budget Solution is about Choices, Priorities
Saint Paul, Minnesota – Through a procedural move called a Minority Report, the GOP majority brought up Governor Dayton’s recent budget compromise for a vote on the House floor today. The compromise was supported by most DFL members, but failed 60 – 73.
Governor Dayton offered a budget compromise on Monday that would make $1.9 billion in cuts and raise $1.8 billion in new revenue by asking the top 2% of Minnesota earners to pay their fair share in taxes. Currently, middle-class Minnesotans pay more of their income in state and local taxes than the wealthiest Minnesotans.
State Representative Rena Moran, who voted in favor of Governor Dayton’s plan, issued the following statement:
“Actions have effects. The choices that we make today, will affect the promises of tomorrow. I think it is not only unfair, but unwise to ask our working and middle class, seniors, students, children, and disabled to be the ones to bear the financial burden of balancing the state’s budget.
When we further the squeeze on the pocketbooks of hard-working Minnesotans, we stifle our economic growth.
When we divest in an educational system that is equitable and accessible, we compromise our future.
When we turn our backs on seniors and the disabled, we weaken the moral fiber that makes Minnesota great.
The outcome of this budget will rest on the choices we make. Lawmakers can choose a K-12 education system that creates winners and losers, throws 150,000 Minnesotans off of health care, cuts upwards of 30,000 jobs that belong to hard-working Minnesotans, and jeopardizes the safety of our communities—in order to protect the top 2% of Minnesotans from paying their fair share.
Or lawmakers can do what’s right. They can stand-up for what is fair and just in order to keep Minnesotan on the right track. They can ask all Minnesotans to participate in a shared sacrifice in order to benefit in the shared prosperity that comes when we work together to enrich our future.
For the promises of tomorrow, I chose to vote for fairness today."
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- In Case You Missed It: Rep. Moran's Interview on Minnesota Public Radio's Daily Circuit - (Posted: Jun 3 2013 4:04PM)
- 2013 Legislative Session Wrap Up - (Posted: May 29 2013 10:27AM)
- Legislative Update: House Budget Moves Minnesota Forward - (Posted: May 7 2013 10:45AM)
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