(St.Paul, MN) -- A Minnesota House committee that will eventually draft the state budget is taking a detailed look today (Mon) at Governor Dayton's 38-billion- dollar, two-year spending proposal. James Schowalter of the Office of Management and Budget describes the spending plan as a "Statement of priorities." He says trying to balance the one-point-one-billion-dollar deficit is the mathematical challenge we have, while the budget is also a statement of the things the governor stands for. In the broadest sense, the most notable parts of the Dayton plan are its tax changes, especially the expanded scope of the state sales tax while at the same time lowering the tax rate.
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