Another sad victim of lawmaking by hostage-taking are small businesses and those who received unemployment during the pandemic. Hundreds of thousands of Minnesota businesses and workers have been staring at unexpected tax bills due to federal assistance during the pandemic. We were told for months that PPP and UI relief weren't urgent because of the tax extension. Well, the tax deadline is Monday and these important issues wont be fixed in time.
House Democrats clung to their tax increases and policy proposals and pushed us toward another legislative special session. The only thing we MUST do this year is pass the two-year budget. We also need to fix the one-time tax issues made by the pandemic relief in the forms of forgiven PPP loans and Unemployment Insurance —these Minnesotans are going to receive thousands in unexpected tax bills. All of this was left undone.
We are losing craft breweries and distilleries due to our outdated and nonsensical liquor laws, but fixing that was also left off the agenda of the Democrat House Majority.
Unfortunately, these important issues were set aside in order to spend hours on the floor last night talking about legalizing marijuana — something that has ZERO chance of becoming law this year.
Regardless of your feelings on the issue, it was a shameful waste of time and because the other issues have not been dealt with thousands of Minnesotans will be harmed. I highlighted these misplaced priorities on the floor last night.
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