MNGOP calls on Horner to have budget analyzed
The MNGOP is calling on Independence Party candidate Tom Horner to submit his budget plan to be analyzed by the Minnesota Department of Revenue. The party made the request one day after Revenue officials said Mark Dayton's income tax proposal is well short of his initial projections. MNGOP Chair Tony Sutton said Horner should allow the department scrutinize his tax hikes.
"Many believe that your tax plan's math just doesn't work. I suggest that you prove your plan's honesty before attacking others' plans," Sutton wrote in a letter to Horner.
Horner is proposing to expand the sales tax to clothing and "unspecified services" while lowering the overall rate.
Update: Horner campaign spokesman Matt Lewis issued this statement this afternoon:
The Horner-Mulder Minnesota Works budget outline relies on publicly available data from the Department of Revenue and the nonpartisan Minnesota House of Representatives research department. We are confident that the estimates in the Minnesota Works budget accurately reflect the cost of the tax reforms proposed, and are pleased that experts including former Federal Reserve Senior Vice President Art Rolnick have cited the Horner-Mulder proposal as the best of the three candidates' plans. Per the agreement of the three gubernatorial candidates we have asked the Department of Revenue to confirm that those estimates are accurate and will report the findings as soon as they are available to us.
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