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A DECADE OF CUTS AND GIMMICKS

ACCOUNTING SHIFTS & ONE TIME SOLUTIONS


REVENUE Minnesotas deficits of the past decade have been resolved almost entirely by cuts and accounting gimmicks. 73.5% 18.4% 8% Accounting shifts & one-time solutions Cuts Revenue

CUTS

Source: non-partisan House Fiscal Analysis Department

A DECADE OF SQUEEZING THE MIDDLE CLASS


Past budget cuts and gimmicks have disproportionately hit middle class Minnesotans

86% increase in property taxes since 2002 Tuition at our public colleges & universities has more than doubled since 2000 Slipped from Top 10 to 22nd in K12 Education funding
Source: Minnesota Management and Budget, Minnesota Office of Higher Education, US Census Bureau Public Elementary-Secondary Education Finance Data

A DECADE OF DEFICITS
The decade of cuts and gimmicks hasnt solved our states structural deficit problem. Minnesota has faced a deficit in 8 out of the last 10 years.
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Source: The Minnesota Office of Management and Budget

The status quo isnt working. We need a new direction. 3 Put the middle class first for a stronger Minnesota economy 3 Invest in education & the workforce of the future 3 Balance our budget honestly without gimmicks

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