Haley: Tax relief should be priority for $1.3 billion surplus
With Minnesota seeing a projected $1.3 billion surplus for the remainder of the budget year that ends this summer, a top priority for state lawmakers this session is to allocate these excess funds.
My position is that the majority of this windfall should go back to Minnesotans, especially since our rainy day fund is at 100 percent funding capacity. I believe we do need to put money into our empty disaster relief fund, but once that priority is met we should return the surplus to the taxpayers.
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