Rep. Ann Lenczewski, DFL-Bloomington, says the House tax bill would make the tax code fairer and deliver the most significant reform in 20 years.

“This bill shrinks government by removing permanently a number of tax preferences in the tax code,” she said. “It also attempts to ensure those that we think are worthy are means-tested, and returned to folks who need it most. We’re in a tough time and we just plain old can’t afford to continue to provide some of these tax preferences.”

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And so it’s not transparent. It’s people getting benefits ahead of the crowd. The insidious part is that it’s disproportionately going to the wealthiest Minnesotans. So I’m trying to dissemble that and say that the answer to the deficit isn’t just about raising taxes, It’s about shrinking government. These are cuts; it’s getting rid of a bunch of tax benefit programs that we have that allow people to get other people’s hard-earned tax dollars based on the fact they’ve got high incomes. Instead of cutting the poorest folks, or middle-income people, which is basically what all the fiscal chairs do when they cut–those people are sharing hugely in dealing with this deficit. They’re getting hammered with the cuts that are going to happen.”

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