AFL-CIO Favors Dayton's Middle-Class Tax Plan
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Channel: The Uptake by Bridgemakers · 2010 · News & Politics
The Minnesota AFL-CIO held a press conference at the State Capitol this morning that examined how the gubernatorial candidates' budget plans would affect Minnesota's middle class. Tax expert Jeff Van Wychen ran the numbers for the labor organization and concluded, "it's clear that budgets from both Tom Emmer and Tom Horner would result in higher taxes for middle class Minnesotans." According to an AFL-CIO press release, Van Wychen's research shows that Emmer's $1.15 billion in cuts to property tax aids and credits would result in at least a $700 million property tax increase. Horner's plan calls for an estimated $2.75 billion expansion of the sales tax base to clothing and other services like haircuts, oil changes and funerals."
