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7/28/2019 GOP Rural Caucus: 2013 Legislative Session Review
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What the 2013 state budgetmeans for rural families...
Rural Minnesota families will pay more for historic tax-and-spending
increases, but receive lower priority for state funding.
Metro legislators proposed overreaching legislation that burdens our enviable way of life.
Overreaching burdens:
Members of the Rural Caucus worked hard to protect our nursing homes, group homes and
hospitals, because we understand the availability and accessibility to long-term care facilities and
critical care is not only crucial for our aging populations and their families, but also fundamental
to the survival of our rural communities.
Rural Minnesota Pays More for Less
Government Overreach Burdens Our Quality of Life
Protecting OurNursing Homes, Group Homes and Hospitals
Families can expect to pay more for:
Energy bills Health insurance Income taxes
Vehicle registration Paint Groceries
Underfunded metro mandates imposed on our schools take away local control
Forced unionization of independent childcare providers Anti-gun, anti-Second Amendment proposals
Rural Minnesota receives less:
K-12 education funding Local Government Aid (LGA) Legacy funding
Roads and bridges funding Nursing home funding Hospital reimbursements
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Taxes
& Spending
Every man, woman andchild will pay more under
the historic 2013 tax-and-spend budget.
EVERYONE PAYS MORE
$2.1 billion in new taxes
Hundreds of millions in fees
WASTEFUL SPENDING
$3 billion in new spending
Government set to grow by 10%, while the
economy lags behind at 2% growth 1,300 new government jobs
BURDENS ON RURAL MINNESOTA
New warehousing and storage tax will raise thecost of gas and groceries
70% of property tax relief goes to the metro
Mom and pop shop taxes increased
Cigarette tax upped to $2.83/pack
Tens of millions of dollars went to Minneapolis,
St. Paul bailouts
Environment, NaturalResources & Energy
RURAL MINNESOTANS WILL PAY MORE
Energy bills will skyrocket because of new solarpower mandates
Paint will cost more to pay for a duplicativerecycling program
Dozens of new jobs at the DNR and MPCA
NO PERMITTING REFORM
Permitting reform helps cut red tape thatscares many job providers from expanding orrelocating here, but no reform bills were heardin committee
Education
Our schools will see a negative impact to theirbudgets when they are asked to do more with less.
MANDATES CANCEL OUT FUNDING
INCREASES
Per pupil funding increased by $158
Underfunded special education
All-day kindergarten expansion creates unduehardships on rural schools that dont have thenecessary infrastructure to house more students
New layers of state bureaucracy have theauthority to take away local control andwithhold funding
MINNEAPOLIS, ST. PAUL PRIORITIZEDOVER RURAL SCHOOLS
Mpls/St. Paul schools: $13,700 per student
Rural schools: $9,900 per student
Rural students have higher graduation rates,test scores and better performance than manyof the schools that receive the most funding
Agriculture
FARMERS WILL PAY
MORE
Sales tax expansionon labor for equipmentrepairs, plus newwarehousing and storage taxes
Business-to-business tax expansion
Cost hikes (direct and indirect) associated withall tax increases
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How your tax
dollars are spent
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES 29.9%
K-12 EDUCATION 40.9%
TRANSPORTATION 0.6%
ENVIRONMENT & AGRICULTURE 0.8%
JOBS & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 1.0%
STATE GOVERNMENT 2.4%
CAPITAL INVESTMENT 3.9%
PUBLIC SAFETY & JUDICIARY 5.0%
HIGHER EDUCATION 7.3%
TAXES 8.1%
Jobs & the Economy
The 2011 Republican budget forced governmentto live within its means. Our commonsenseapproach resulted in surpluses, more investmentin the private economy and lower unemployment.
The 2013 budget changes the course of thiseconomic recovery.
AT RISK: JOBS & ECONOMIC RECOVERY
Government will grow 5 times faster than theeconomy
Historic new taxes lower our statescompetitiveness
The Dakotas, Wisconsin and Iowa are alreadycompeting for our jobs
Transportation
RURAL MINNESOTANS WILL PAY MORE
Metro Light Rail life support
Metro Transit subsidies for bus and rail
Drivers license fee increased
Wheelage tax doubled
Local Government Aid
The Local Government Aid formula was changedto send more money to the metro. The split hastraditionally favored Greater Minnesota 69/31but its headed to 50/50. Out of the $80 millionin increased funding this year, $22 million goes toMinneapolis/St. Paul.
Health Care
Even with over $2 billion inhigher taxes, the health andhuman services (HHS) budgetincludes irresponsible cuts
and unsustainable accountinggimmicks. Hardworking taxpayerswill be on the line for over a billion dollars in HHSdeficits by 2020.
RURAL MINNESOTANS WILL PAY MOREFOR HEALTH INSURANCE
Federal health care expansion and overreachingmandates in the states health insuranceexchange will drive up premium costs foreveryone
Rural Minnesota is at risk of subsidizingexpensive metro health care
CAREGIVERS COUNT
Nursing home caregivers received a 5% rateincrease
Unfortunately, personal care attendants onlyreceived a 1% rate increase, making it difficultto retain local quality staff
Billboard placed near Moorhead, Minnesota.
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Your Tab for the2013 Legislative Session