User talk:LaurenMN

Please keep personal opinions off Wikipedia. Choose neutral language. Use of words such as "slash" when talking about budget issues is inflammatory.

The claim that the highest earners are taxed 2% less than other Minnesotans is based on the 2011 tax incidence study, which you can read here.

http://taxes.state.mn.us/legal_policy/Documents/other_supporting_content_2011_tax_incidence_study_links.pdf

Concluding that the richest (or highest income) Minnesotans pay 2% less than other Minnesotans (or do not pay their "fair share") is a tenuous conclusion at best. You really need to fully absorb the study, which is substantial - and then decide if you want a socialist society or a free society - before repeating what you may have heard from others. If you truly want an equal tax burden across the income spectrum, you would advocate eliminating the sales tax and property tax, and having an 11.5% income tax rate across the entire income spectrum. Or you would require high income people to buy more stuff and purchase more expensive houses, so that they would pay more taxes in other ways. Jwbaumann (talk) 13:25, 14 July 2011 (UTC)