David Hann
Senate Republican Leader David Hann (HAN) says Minnesota’s one-point-eight-billion-dollar budget surplus equates to 800 dollars overcollected from every taxpayer in the state. Governor Mark Dayton says he’ll support permanent middle-income tax cuts, but they can’t be so large as to jeopardize the state’s long-term financial stability. Democrats accuse Republicans of targeting their tax-cut plan to large corporations. Republicans say not true — they want to help average Minnesotans and small businesses, but Democrats want to spend the surplus.