At the Stroke of Midnight Minnesota Government Shuts Down
The Minnesota State Government has shutdown after days of negotiations get nowhere.
The State of Minnesota has officially shut down. After weeks of intense negotiations, capped by closed-door sessions through Thursday’s waning minutes, Gov. Mark Dayton and Republican lawmakers failed to agree on an operating budget for the coming biennium. “I deeply regret that after two days of intense negotiations we have failed to reach an agreement,” Dayton said during a 10:30 p.m. press conference in his office. Dayton continued: “I offered a plan to raise the taxes of only those Minnesotans who make more than $1 million per year. That is less than 0.3% of the state population. Despite many hours of negotiations, the Republican caucus remains adamantly opposed to new taxes.” Earlier in the week, Gov. Dayton said a deal would have to …
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Dennis Gillespie
10:42 pm on Monday, July 4, 2011
Brie this is called class warfare. It is so easy for people to spend other peoples money. How about we simply raise tht taxes on the lower 50%, seeing as how they pay nothing and have them get a little skin in the game. Besides they are the ones that actually use the most Government. Brie I have been paying Property taxes since 1973 and I can guarantee I pay more now then I did back then and get … more ›