If you listen to some on this forum, no one will appeal higher taxes. 
Well, in Minnesota property taxes have gone through the roof in the past 6 years because of huge cuts in state aid to local governments. The tax increases have been the largest in poor areas while only the richest communities have seen small increases.
But I guess as long as the gov gets to claim "he held taxes down", it's okay.
It's also cute when he suggests that cities and counties are just irresponsible and should be cutting their budgets as well. Unfortunately all of the fat was cut after the huge round of 2003 cuts (which were never restored).. and so now the cities are cutting firemen and police because there is nothing else to trim from the budget... AND the property taxes are still going up like crazy.
This is what happens when you issue tax rebates at the top of an economic expansion and then cut taxes (mostly to on the higher rates, of course) to 'balance' future budgets. When the economy turned south, we found ourselves with a huge budget deficit.
How do we pay for it? Just pass the deficits onto local governments. Oh, and gut higher education so that tuition is going up 15% per year at public colleges.
I can't wait until Timmy "Kick the can down the road" Pawlenty runs for president and he faceplants in Iowa.
