I think the debate about the public casino is a fabulous red herring, designed to take focus away from the real story. The real story is this: we had a period of unprecedented good economic times. Yet during that time, the average taxpayer saw substantial tax increases, while businesses, rental property owners, and high income people saw substantial decreases in their tax rates. That means that low and middle income people pay more and pay more of the pie. When interviewed recently our new Finance Commissioner said specifically that recent tax changes were designed to do that. When times come to raise taxes, we then find new and even more regressive ways of increasing taxes, a casino being one of them.
Carol Becker Longfellow _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
