Election advice for the home stretch:
- No matter who you vote for at the top of the ticket, be open to voting for someone on the other side. We should always vote for the best candidate.
- Our state government is not like Santa Claus. There is not a big bag from which legislators can pull money for every project or great idea. Every dollar spent (and wasted) comes from the taxpayers.
- Just like you have had to tighten your budget to deal with inflation, the state needs to tighten its spending. The Democrat trifecta spent the entire $17.6 billion surplus and added an additional $10 billion in new taxes. This isn’t sustainable.
- You can’t keep “taxing the rich” or “taxing corporations.” Minnesota is in the top six states for personal income taxes and is No. 1 in corporate income taxes. People and businesses can, and do, move to where taxes are more favorable.
- In the next legislative session, your representatives have two choices. They can either raise taxes to continue to fund the projects that the DFL approved in 2023-24, or they can cut waste, fraud and unnecessary spending to balance the budget.
- Small businesses are the backbone of our economy – they provide thousands of jobs in our state. Small business owners are choking under taxes and mandates. If you want to save a small business, lower their taxes.
- Under the Democrat trifecta, Minnesota became an extremely progressive state – socially and fiscally. Extremes on either side of the aisle do not represent the majority of hard-working, average Minnesotans. Having balance in our Legislature is a good thing.
- Eden Prairie – you have two moderate Republicans running for House 49A and 49B. I recommend you check out Stacy Bettison for 49A or Wendi Russo for 49B and vote for these intelligent, hard-working women. Our state needs to get back on track.
Paul Jackson, Eden Prairie