Making Life More Affordable

Families, seniors and small businesses feel the impact when government costs grow faster than the household budgets that pay for them.  Minnesota should fund core priorities, measure results and avoid treating every new fee, mandate or program as if taxpayers have unlimited capacity

• Bring discipline to state budgeting and require clearer performance measures for major programs, and cut wasteful spending,

• Look for sustainable tax and fee relief that reduces recurring costs for families, seniors and employers.

• Reduce unnecessary regulatory burdens and give small businesses more predictable rules.

• Push back on unfunded state mandates that shift costs to cities, schools and local property taxpayers.

• Support a tax climate that allows Minnesota employers to compete, invest and keep jobs here.

Some specific solutions: 

• Review/rollback DFL-passed vehicle-registration and other transportation fees (such as the vehicle sales tax & Gas Tax Inflator passed in the 2024 omnibus bill)

• Expand the Child Tax Credit 

• Expand targeted homeowner/property-tax relief and protect seniors from unnecessary tax increases.

• Eliminate taxes on social security  (Minnesota is one of just 8 states that still tax seniors benefits)