Oblivious to the facts, my Republican state rep put out a juvenile, insulting press release saying he "felt" Governor Dayton did not compromise. I care not for this idiot's "feelings". I guess when facts don't "feel" good he just ignores them...
I was hoping to find a short summary of the negotiations, and found this from Education Minnesota:
Budget timeline
2/15 Gov. Dayton proposes $37 billion budget: $1 billion in cuts and $4 billion from tax increase on richest 5 percent.
2/28 Dayton cuts tax proposal by $1 billion.
3/10 GOP proposes $34 billion budget with $4 billion in cuts.
5/16 Dayton cuts budget to $35.8 billion, with tax hike only on top 2 percent, increases cuts to $2 billion.
6/6 GOP agrees to Dayton’s K-12 and public safety spending levels, but no change in total budget.
6/16 GOP drops corporate tax cut, no change in total budget.
6/29 GOP offers school aid shift increase and tobacco bonds in return for social policy issues.
6/30 Dayton reduces tax proposal to 7,700 millionaires.
6/30 Dayton drops entire tax plan; proposes budget cuts, K-12 shift increase, funding to help districts adapt.
6/30 GOP agrees to governor’s framework but wants tobacco bonds.
6/30 Dayton agrees to GOP framework without tobacco bonds, offers two options for tax on millionaires. Rejected.
7/5 Dayton offers either temporary 2 percent tax hike on millionaires or a $1/pack cigarette tax hike. Rejected.
7/7 Bipartisan commission convened by former leaders makes compromise proposal to end the shutdown. Rejected.
7/11 Dayton offers to discuss “other forms of revenue” with GOP leaders, who again reject idea of tax increase.
Dayton’s letter of 7/11 -
http://mn.gov/governor/multimedia/pdf/20110711_Letter.pdf
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