Karin Housley has demonstrated a casual disregard for doing the work to learn about the issues that affect Minnesota families. Today, let’s look at Housley’s inability to explain what she would do on the Republican tax law.
When asked recently whether she thought changes should be made to the Republican tax law, which adds $1.5 trillion to the national debt and risks major cuts to Social Security and Medicare, Housley declared, “We still need to make some tweaks, it’s not perfect.”
But when pressed on what tweaks she would like to see to the law — which also provides 83% of its benefits to the richest 1% of people and gives a trillion-dollar tax cut to big corporations, including prescription drug companies, big oil and Wall Street — Housley was unable to name a single change she would make to the federal law. Her only response: “Well we have here in Minnesota, where we didn’t get the tax conformity bill.”
Housley’s inability to name a single change she would make to the federal tax law that passed the U.S. Senate is just another example of her refusal to do the work to solve problems. The result? Housley is once again left to be led by powerful special interests and party leaders who do not have Minnesota’s best interest at heart. Case in point: Her blind support for the Republican tax law.
Bottom Line: Minnesotans expect their U.S. Senators to do the work to understand the issues.