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'Bad policy': Minnesota lawmaker says Walz gas tax increase will hurt lower-income residents the most
Fox News
A tax policy leader in the Minnesota state legislature slammed Tim Walz over "bad" and "lazy" tax policy as governor of his state.
Davids has been on the state legislature's tax committee for nine terms, including three as chair and four as Republican lead, and he argued Friday that the decision to tie the state's gas tax to an index was "very poor tax policy," citing its regressive nature and the fact that it is "hurting the poorest of the poor" the hardest.
"I try to stay away from regressive taxes. I try to stay away from inflators," Davids said. "Because if your cause is good enough, you'll get your increase. But to put something out there, where it just happens with no representation of the people, that's bad tax policy in my estimation."