District 21 Senator Bill Weber, Republican lead of the Senate Taxes Committee, says the recent tax bill passed by Senate Democrats raises taxes by more than $2 billion, despite a budget surplus of more than $17 billion.
“Democrats are shortchanging Minnesota taxpayers out of a $19 billion surplus by failing to pass meaningful tax relief,” said Weber. “Instead, the tax bill raises taxes by more than $2.2 billion dollars over 4 years, harming our economic competitiveness and growing government at the expense of Minnesotans”
For more on this story, please see the June 6 edition of the Citizen.
