To clarify:
It is a $200 a MONTH tax on the poor!
Not $200 a year.
Ed Fesler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minneapolis
Corcoran
--- "Gregory D. Luce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Although ostensibly a state-wide concern, a
> mean-spirited proposal by
> Rep. Fran Bradley passed the Minnesota House this
> past Friday as part of
> a larger bill. By far it affects Minneapolis
> residents more than any
> others, as disproportionately more Welfare-to-Work
> (MFIP) recipients
> live in Minneapolis. It results in an estimated
> $8.2 million dollars
> being saved by the government by imposing a hefty
> tax (penalty,
> surcharge, whatever you want to call it) on poor
> people, many of whom
> reside here and live in federally subsidized rental
> units.
>
> The legislation would raise the penalty an MFIP
> recipient must pay if
> that recipient also receives a federal housing
> subsidy (e.g., Section 8
> or public housing). Under the bill, the 'tax' or
> penalty on an MFIP
> recipient will increase from $50 to $200. So, for
> example, a single
> mother of one who receives $437 in MFIP cash
> benefits each month would
> see a $200 reduction in her MFIP benefits to $237,
> or to put it in tax
> terms, a 46% increase in the tax taken out of her
> income. The House
> passed the bill this past Friday and it was sent
> over to the Senate,
> where it was tabled. Tenants and tenant advocates
> and many others are
> asking for action from folks. You can do one or
> both of the following
> things:
>
> Sign an online petition opposing this legislation
> at:
>
> http://www.PetitionOnline.com/pj504/
>
> Or write to Governor Pawlenty, as suggested by
> HousingMinnesota at
> www.housingminnesota.org
>
> I'm not expecting nor encouraging discussion of this
> legislation on the
> list, as it would likely devolve into state-related
> and non-Minneapolis
> specific issues. But I did want to post an item of
> great concern to
> low-income residents in Minneapolis who are bearing
> the brunt of House
> legislators.
>
> Gregory Luce
> St. Paul
>
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