Tim Walz's Disturbing Fiscal Record as Governor: Raising Taxes on Everyone, Among Other Problems

[mikegriffith1]

If you are under the delusion that Tim Walz is for the average person, you'd better take a closer look at his record as governor:

https://www.cato.org/blog/governor-tim-walzs-fiscal-record

EXCERPTS:

IRS interstate migration data show that the state is losing about ten households earning more than $200,000 for every six that it gains, which is the fifth worst ratio among the states.

Despite revenue growth and surpluses, Walz has pushed for tax increases on businesses, high earners, and the middle class. His proposed hikes were mainly passed when his party controlled the legislature but mainly rejected when the legislature was divided. Walz has supported tax cuts, but primarily in the form of narrow tax breaks and subsidies.

In 2021, Walz proposed adding a new individual income tax rate of 10.85 percent above the top rate of 9.85 percent, a surtax on capital gains and dividends, and a hike to the corporate tax rate from 9.8 percent to 11.25 percent. The proposals—which would have raised about $1.6 billion annually—were rejected by the legislature.

The same year, Walz hit the middle class with HF 2887, which raised taxes and fees on vehicles and transportation. The increases included indexing the gas tax for inflation, increasing vehicle registration taxes, raising fees on retail deliveries, and raising sales taxes in the Twin Cities area.

The governor hit the middle class again in 2023 with a large tax hike to pay for a new paid leave program.

 

[EMH]

Chickenhawk Walz is against anything good for America.

And he is spending/stealing billions on the Co2 FRAUD, and cannot answer basic climate questions....


1. Why does one Earth polar circle have 9+ times the ice of the other?
2. Why is there ice age glacier south of Arctic Circle on Greenland but no such ice age glacier north of Arctic Circle on Alaska?
3. If the oceans are "warming" why is the record decade for canes still the 1940s?
4. If the oceans are "rising" why can't we see one single photo of land sinking?
5. How did Co2 thaw North America and freeze Greenland at the same time?

 

[White 6]

If you are under the delusion that Tim Walz is for the average person, you'd better take a closer look at his record as governor:

https://www.cato.org/blog/governor-tim-walzs-fiscal-record

EXCERPTS:

IRS interstate migration data show that the state is losing about ten households earning more than $200,000 for every six that it gains, which is the fifth worst ratio among the states.

Despite revenue growth and surpluses, Walz has pushed for tax increases on businesses, high earners, and the middle class. His proposed hikes were mainly passed when his party controlled the legislature but mainly rejected when the legislature was divided. Walz has supported tax cuts, but primarily in the form of narrow tax breaks and subsidies.

In 2021, Walz proposed adding a new individual income tax rate of 10.85 percent above the top rate of 9.85 percent, a surtax on capital gains and dividends, and a hike to the corporate tax rate from 9.8 percent to 11.25 percent. The proposals—which would have raised about $1.6 billion annually—were rejected by the legislature.

The same year, Walz hit the middle class with HF 2887, which raised taxes and fees on vehicles and transportation. The increases included indexing the gas tax for inflation, increasing vehicle registration taxes, raising fees on retail deliveries, and raising sales taxes in the Twin Cities area.

The governor hit the middle class again in 2023 with a large tax hike to pay for a new paid leave program.

It looks like Minnesota is doing fine with good schools, low poverty, good bond rating, good per capita income and median income, lower than average violent crime. If not so damned cold in the winter, it reads like a great place to live, by any metric.

 

[Crepitus]

If you are under the delusion that Tim Walz is for the average person, you'd better take a closer look at his record as governor:

https://www.cato.org/blog/governor-tim-walzs-fiscal-record

EXCERPTS:

IRS interstate migration data show that the state is losing about ten households earning more than $200,000 for every six that it gains, which is the fifth worst ratio among the states.

Despite revenue growth and surpluses, Walz has pushed for tax increases on businesses, high earners, and the middle class. His proposed hikes were mainly passed when his party controlled the legislature but mainly rejected when the legislature was divided. Walz has supported tax cuts, but primarily in the form of narrow tax breaks and subsidies.

In 2021, Walz proposed adding a new individual income tax rate of 10.85 percent above the top rate of 9.85 percent, a surtax on capital gains and dividends, and a hike to the corporate tax rate from 9.8 percent to 11.25 percent. The proposals—which would have raised about $1.6 billion annually—were rejected by the legislature.

The same year, Walz hit the middle class with HF 2887, which raised taxes and fees on vehicles and transportation. The increases included indexing the gas tax for inflation, increasing vehicle registration taxes, raising fees on retail deliveries, and raising sales taxes in the Twin Cities area.

The governor hit the middle class again in 2023 with a large tax hike to pay for a new paid leave program.

The people seem to love him for it. I'd say whatever the RWNJs think he's doing well by his citizens.

 

[1srelluc]

It looks like Minnesota is doing fine with good schools, low poverty, good bond rating, good per capita income and median income, lower than average violent crime. If not so damned cold in the winter, it reads like a great place to live, by any metric.

Don't forget the Black Flies in CA of the North.

Black flies and gnats

How to identify black flies

extension.umn.edu

 

[White 6]

Don't forget the Black Flies in CA of the North.

Black flies and gnats

How to identify black flies

extension.umn.edu

My only experience there was two weeks of winter training, back in the 80s, and I never went back, on my own. No black flies or gnats, just fking extreme cold.

 

[mikegriffith1]

It looks like Minnesota is doing fine with good schools, low poverty, good bond rating, good per capita income and median income, lower than average violent crime. If not so damned cold in the winter, it reads like a great place to live, by any metric.

Where are you getting this stuff? Some Dem website? Minnesota's crime rate has risen substantially since 2020. Student performance in the state's public schools has dropped considerably under Walz. State GDP has dropped under Walz.

Exposing Walz’s ‘Radical’ Record

John Hinderaker writes for the Federalist about the Minnesota governor’s dubious record. Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn., was largely unknown to voters across the country when Vice President Kamala Harris selected him as her running mate, so his record is coming under national scrutiny for the first...

www.johnlocke.org

And I guess you're just going to ignore the facts about Walz's fiscal/economic record documented in the OP and in the linked article in the OP? Ignoring troubling facts won't make them disappear.

 

[White 6]

Where are you getting this stuff? Some Dem website? Minnesota's crime rate has risen substantially since 2020. Student performance in the state's public schools has dropped considerably under Walz. State GDP has dropped under Walz.

Exposing Walz’s ‘Radical’ Record

John Hinderaker writes for the Federalist about the Minnesota governor’s dubious record. Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn., was largely unknown to voters across the country when Vice President Kamala Harris selected him as her running mate, so his record is coming under national scrutiny for the first...

www.johnlocke.org

And I guess you're just going to ignore the facts about Walz's fiscal/economic record documented in the OP and in the linked article in the OP? Ignoring troubling facts won't make them disappear.

List of U.S. states and territories by violent crime rate - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[mikegriffith1]

List of U.S. states and territories by violent crime rate - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

How about all crime, not just violent crime? Hey? Did you read your own link? I quote from it: notice the increase since 2018 in Minnesota:

221.2

237.5

277.5

308.9

280.6

2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

I mean, how can you just ignore all the troubling facts about Walz's record? Do you just not care because he's a Democrat and you can never bring yourself to vote for a Republican or an Independent?

 

[mikegriffith1]

How about all crime, not just violent crime? Hey? Did you read your own link? I quote from it: notice the increase since 2018 in Minnesota:

221.2

237.5

277.5

308.9

280.6

2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

I mean, how can you just ignore all the troubling facts about Walz's record? Do you just not care because he's a Democrat and you can never bring yourself to vote for a Republican or an Independent?

In its annual report titled Fiscal Survey of States, the National Association of State Budget Officers provides us with more troubling facts about Walz's economic record as governor of Minnesota. In Walz's FY 2024 budget alone, spending exceeded revenue by 27%, causing a reduction in the state's rainy-day fund.

State revenue for FY 2024 was $29.8 billion, but spending was $37.9 billion. In short, spending exceeded revenue by $8.1 billion, or 27%. As a result, the state's rainy-day fund dropped from $3.41 billion to $3.26 billion.

As the Cato Institute has noted, Walz has raised taxes on middle- and low-income workers by hiking the vehicle registration tax, hiking the gas tax (and making that tax hike bite harder by indexing it for inflation), and by imposing a new tax of 0.7% on all wages in 2023 and then raising that tax to 0.88% in 2024.

Walz has also imposed a new tax on investment income, a favorite and destructive tax that Democrats love because they think they are "sticking it to the rich."

Perhaps this is why Minnesota ranks 44th on the non-partisan Tax Foundation’s business tax climate index. That means there are only six states that have a worse business tax climate than Minnesota, thanks to Walz.

Perhaps this is also why IRS interstate migration data show that the state is losing about ten households earning more than $200,000 for every six that it gains, which is the fifth worst ratio among the states.

But, you watch: Most Democrats will just brush aside these troubling facts, because they are determined to vote for Harris-Walz no matter what.

 

[White 6]

How about all crime, not just violent crime? Hey? Did you read your own link? I quote from it: notice the increase since 2018 in Minnesota:

221.2

237.5

277.5

308.9

280.6

2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

I mean, how can you just ignore all the troubling facts about Walz's record? Do you just not care because he's a Democrat and you can never bring yourself to vote for a Republican or an Independent?

Anyway you slice it, that state is not a dangerous place, compared to most states in the country, including the one I live in. Waltz did an OK job, which is probably why he was re-elected by the people of that state.