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ABM AF “Failed" Fact Check
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NARRATOR:OrdinaryMinnesotans arefacing tough times.We need a leaderwho’ll fight for us.But Tom Emmersided with GovernorPawlenty andopposed a plan thatwould forcecorporations andCEOs to pay their fairshare of taxes.Family looking overbillsGraphic: We Need ALeader Who WillFight For Us Tom Emmer and TimPawlenty over stateCapitolGraphic: Emmer &Pawlenty: Opposed aplan to forceCorporations & CEOsto Pay Their FairShare of Taxes
Source: HF 2037;HF 885
Graphic: GraphShowing GrowingDeficitHeadline re DeficitUnhappy Minnesotafamily
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On May 10, 2010, Emmer voted againstHF 2037, a 2010 tax bill that would haveadded a fourth tier to state income taxesand raised an additional $443 million inrevenue. The bill passed 71-63. NoRepublicans voted for the bill and it waspromptly vetoed by Governor Pawlenty. The additional revenue would have beenused to plug a nearly $3 billion hole in theFY2010-2011 state budget. [MinnesotaHouse of Representatives,HF 2037, House Journal12091]
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In May 2009, Emmer thrice opposed HF885, one of several DFL-written tax bills;first on May 7, 2009 when the bill passed120-11, again on May 8 as the bill wasrepassed 86-45, and finally on May 17 in anattempt to override the Governor’s veto of the bill. The bill would have raised $1billion in new revenue by increasing incometaxes on those making over $250,000 ayear. [Minnesota House of Representatives,HF 885, House Journal4919,5053,6563]
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The Emmer Pawlentyplan created a hugedeficit -
Source: StarTribune, 5/6/2010,2/10/2010
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On May 6, 2010, the Star Tribune notedthat Pawlenty’s illegal unallotment plancaused a $2.5 billion deficit:
In a rare rebuke, theMinnesota Supreme Courtruled Wednesday that Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s solo move lastsummer to cut $2.7 billionfrom the state budget violatedthe law....Budget officials and legislativeleaders expected to work wellinto the night on Wednesdayto figure out the budgetimplications. They estimate the ruling addssomewhere between $900million to $2.5 billion to thebudget deficit. [Star Tribune,5/6/2010]
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On February 10, 2010, the Star Tribunenoted that Emmer supported Pawlenty’sunallotment plan:
Three law school professorsfiled a friend-of-the-court brief Tuesday to challenge thenotion that Pawlenty's actionviolated the constitutionalseparation of powers. Theprofessors, who areconstitutional law experts, donot weigh in on another keyaspect of the lawsuit: whetherPawlenty used the authoritycorrectly when he made cutsat the beginning of the two-year budget cycle.Republican state Rep. TomEmmer, a gubernatorialcandidate, and 31 GOPcolleagues have also filed afriend-of-the-court brief
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and cut thingsMinnesotans rely on.they cut funding foreducationClassroom shotGraphic: Emmer &Pawlenty:Cut – stamps overshot and wordEducation
Source:Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal,6/616/2009; StarTribune, 5/6/2010
Worker beingtrainedChild at Doctor
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On May 6, 2010, the Star Tribune notedthat Pawlenty’s illegal unallotment plancaused $2.7 billion in cuts:
In a rare rebuke, theMinnesota Supreme Courtruled Wednesday that Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s solo move lastsummer to cut $2.7 billionfrom the state budget violatedthe law. [Star Tribune,5/6/2010]
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On June 16, 2009, the Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal reported that for FY2010, Pawlenty proposed to cut $1.8 billionin K-12 education funding and $100 millionin higher education funding.[Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal,6/16/2009]
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