The latest DFL proposed tax hike

Though it isn't surprising to hear that the DFL is interested in hiking taxes for the second straight budget year, it is disgusting. Let's look into the latest DFL attack on taxpayers' wallets.

According to the Center to the American Experiment's article, "Minnesota state Senator Melissa Wiklund (D-Bloomington) proposed an 11.1% increase in the state’s sick tax that hits all dental and medical patients. Every service and product paid for by health services, from teeth cleaning to pacemakers, would see an increase. Without hearing testimony on the proposed tax hike, Wiklund tucked it into the Senate Health and Human Services omnibus bill. According to the updated budget forecast, this would increase the sick tax by $115 million in FY 2026 and $123 million in FY 2027."

The DFL has an insatiabldfl'se appetite for gigantic spending hikes -- in 2023, the DFL hiked spending bhttps://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/surprise-enrollments-heat-up-mn-care-for-undocumented-immigrants-battle/ar-AA1Dljfry almost 40% -- and an insatiable appetite for hiking taxes. The reason behind the DFL's insatiablle appetite is to control people's behavior.

Fox9 is reporting "Legislators are battling over whether to continue budgeting for MN Care to include coverage for undocumented immigrants." Further, Fox9 is reporting "Newly released statistics show more than 17,000 undocumented immigrants enrolled in the first three months. N to figureonpartisan legislative analysts expected about 7,800, so the cost is now more than doubled to upwards of $100 million a year."

It doesn't take a mathemetician to figure out that Sen. Wiklund proposed tax hike would pay for taxpayer-paid-for health care for illegal aliens.

Undocumented immigrants first got access to MN Care on Jan. 1, 2025. The DFL trifecta gave it to them knowing it could cost $50 million a year based on the estimated enrollment numbers from nonpartisan legislative analysts. They expected to insure about 7,800 undocumented immigrants.

WCCO's report:

It's a high priority for the DFL, perhaps the DFL's highest budget priority this session, to provide 'free' health care for illegal aliens. I find it highly coincidental that this tax hike comes right when the DFL wants to pay for free health care for illegal aliens.