Some are also promising to vote against the proposed income tax increase if Dayton is elected governor.<\/p>\n
“I don’t talk about that,” said DFL state Sen. Terri Bonoff of Minnetonka, who spent a recent afternoon knocking on doors in in Plymouth, a mostly Republican area of her suburban district.<\/p>\n
Bonoff is a moderate Democrat, and she said her re-election bid depends on the support of independents and some Republicans.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
“I have a lot of respect for Mark Dayton. But I have my views about what we ought to do with regard to taxes, and it’s not about protecting the rich,” she said. “It’s about right now we have too much reliance on the income tax, and as the demographics change in our state and our folks are getting out of the workplace, more and more seniors, they don’t have that kind of income stream.<\/p>\n
“If we’re too reliant on the income tax, I think we’re going to find ourselves in this same mess three years from now.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The DFL opposition seems to be largely coming from districts that should <\/em>be GOP, but went DFL during the ’06 and ’08 elections, which were terrible for Republicans. \u00a0One of those is Kathy Saltzman, who won her seat in largely-Republican Woodbury in 2006:<\/p>\nThe concern is similar in the east metro suburbs. Sen. Kathy Saltzman, DFL-Woodbury, who’s locked in a tough re-election fight, also stresses her independence on tax issues. She’s voted against previous attempts to raise income taxes on upper earners.<\/p>\n
Saltzman hasn’t endorsed a candidate for governor, but she’s met with Dayton and Horner. Saltzman said she asked Dayton to be open to other tax ideas, not just taxing the rich.<\/p>\n
“I believe that it’s not about targeting one group or one group of services,” she said. “We really should be looking at an overall tax reform policy. That would be the most responsible way to approach this.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
It’s not that they’re deserting the DFL, naturally…:<\/p>\n
Saltzman said Republican Tom Emmer’s cuts-alone approach to the budget is unrealistic. She favors a balanced approach that includes some revenue, and is open to a sales tax expansion as part of a broader reform of the tax code.<\/p>\n
But Saltzman said she will not support the Dayton tax plan. “It will be very difficult to get it by me. I would say he won’t get it by me. He will note get my vote,” she said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The Dayton Tax “Plan” will never see the light of day, if Dayton is elected.<\/p>\n
Electing Dayton would be a complete waste of time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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