Steve Park for Senate

Citizens for Reform in Minnesota Senatorial District 12 for Steve Park
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Outline of Specific Practical Changes I will work to implement taken from http://www.minnesotabudgetsolutions.com supported by Associated Builders and Contractors - Campaign for Liberty Minnesota Chapter - EdWatch - Freedom Foundation - Minnesota Family Council - Minnesota Free Market Institute - NFIB Minnesota Chapter - Minnesota Majority - Taxpayers League of Minnesota


 K – 12 Education

§  Funding by Vouchers

§  Eliminate Compensatory Aid

§  School Districts Share Administrative Staff

§  Eliminate Kindergarten Readiness Assessment and Intervention Program

§  Eliminate Preschool Screening

 

Health and Human Services

 Provide Health Insurance Subsidies, not Health Care Services and Payments.

Eliminate certain state assistance programs and replace them with a 10% tax credit for donations to Minnesota charities

Economic Development

 

Ø  E                  Eliminate all corporate welfare including corporate subsidies, incentives, and credits; close 16 Workforce Centers; direct                                retraining through MNSCU and local community education:

Ø  E                  Encourage the creation, expansion and relocation of business in Minnesota by eliminating the corporate income tax over four years.

 

 Environment, Natural Resources & Energy

Ø  R                  Require the DNR to fully self-fund via fees: $247.8 million

Ø  A                 Abolish Ethanol Grants

Ø  S                  Sell excess state lands

Ø  E                  Encourage development of alternative energy sources from private sources.

 

 

State Government

 

Ø  E                  Eliminate Political Contribution Refund

Ø  A                 Allow localities to opt out of costly unfunded mandates

Ø  S                  Set sunset dates for all boards and eliminate per diems for all boards.

Ø  E                  Eliminate state vehicles – reimburse state employee mileage instead.

Ø  S                  Shift all public employees to defined contribution retirement plans including teachers

Ø  R                  Reduce legislators’ and constitutional officers’ pay by 5%:

 

Tax Aids & Credits

 

Ø  E                   Eliminate Local Government Aid

Ø  R                   Replace capital equipment refund with up-front exemption

Ø                                  Reduce capital gains tax if dollars are reinvested back into a Minnesota business

Ø  C                  Change Renters’ Tax Credit to actual percent of rent paid toward property tax

 

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