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We're coming together across our differences to create a stronger future for Minnesota. No more billionaires & people over profits. We can do it, together. #solidarity
“We have enough money to pay my bills, and that is it. We’re lucky if we have food. You know, that's where we are at. It's my love for him that’s what’s holding me up. Because there isn't any other options." - Rachel, a home-care worker and SEIU member living in Mankato #WeMakeMN
Corporate profits have climbed to record highs as a share of our economy. Corporate tax payments have fallen to some of their lowest levels in decades. When corporations pay less, the rest of us pay more to support the roads, schools, and services we rely on. #TaxCorporations
This summer, we’re hitting the road! We're traveling across the state to talk with the teachers, nurses, home-care workers and public service employees that keep Minnesota running. It’s time their voices got included in the conversation about how to meet the needs in our communities.
Under Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower, the top tax rate was 91%. Today it's just 37%. In 2025, those infamous tax cuts for the wealthy came paired with over $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid and Medicare over the next decade. We've taxed the rich more before. We can do it again.
Union membership has gone from 30%+ in the 50s to just 10% today. Meanwhile, the share of income for the top 1% has doubled. When workers lose their bargaining power, the wealthy take more for themselves. Minnesotans know when we all can organize & negotiate for a fair share, we all do better.
Join us and other progressive organizations in Mankato on Friday July 10th for the "Who Pays?" Bus Tour to share stories and plan out how we can organize against the harmful effects of The Big Ugly Bill. RSVP here: https://bit.ly/4p5vbdz #WhoPays
Legislators agree HCMC needs to be saved. They're stuck on how to pay for it. WMM coalition director Eric Harris Bernstein in the @startribune.com: stop searching for the perfect solution. The perfect solution is the one that works. READ: startribune.com/hennepin-hea... #MNLeg #SaveHCMC
Workers and Advocates Demand Legislators Fund HCMC as 500 Target Field Workers with @uniteherelocal17.bsky.social Prepare to Strike Workers Demand Emergency Funding for HCMC and a Fair Contract as HCMC Bill Considers Twins Subsidy | READ: www.facebook.com/share/p/1E9s... #mnleg #SaveHCMC
HCMC is fighting to survive while Big Tech gets a free pass on taxes. HF 4343 would change that — making billionaire platforms finally pay their share. It's time to fix what's broken. #mnleg
Instead of supporting the needs of all Minnesotans, MN House Republicans are pushing for dozens of local sales tax increases for their own districts. Not only is it hypocritical, it will make our system more inequitable. A kid's chances shouldn't depend on their zip code. #MNLeg
Nobody should have to sell their blood to pay their bills. Billionaires pay less in taxes than nurses and teachers — and this is the GOP response? #mnleg
Meta makes billions off your attention and pays nothing in MN sales tax. Representative Liz Lee (67A) introduced a bill fixes that — lowering the rate for everyone while helping fund schools, healthcare and childcare. It's time to unrig the tax code for regular people. #mnleg
(2/2) HCMC workers catch people who fall through the cracks of a broken system. They stand between us and chaos, caring for everyone, no matter their race, age, or income. Because that’s what healthcare should be. Tell your legislators: Fund the care we need. Save our public hospitals. Save HCMC.
When the worst accidents happen, the Minnesota Nurses Association and @afscme.bsky.social workers of HCMC are there for us. When for-profit hospitals and private insurance companies turn people away, MNA and AFSCME workers of HCMC are there for us. Now we need to be there for them. (1/2)
(9/9) The Legislature needs to act this session. Call your state rep today. Tell them to invest in our basic needs. Tell them to invest in a stronger, sustainable HCMC. Full story by our Policy Researcher Alec Williams at the Minnesota Reformer: minnesotareformer.com/2026/03/24/h...
(8/9)...in Hennepin County foot the bill for a hospital that serves the whole state. But the alternative is letting this essential hospital collapse entirely. That's worse.
(6/9) Mayo has $16 billion in assets and calls itself a nonprofit. HCMC lost $9.5 million taking care of the rest of us.
(4/9) Just like public schools, roads, or running water, public hospitals aren’t about charity, they are for self-preservation and mutual benefit.
(3/9) HCMC provided more than $100 million in free care last year alone — double what it was in 2020. If that stops, those patients and that cost will flood hospitals from Wisconsin to North Dakota.
🧵 The state's safety net hospital is on the edge. And the reason why should make you think. HCMC is broke because it takes care of people nobody else will, picking up the pieces for a broken system. HCMC cares for 115,000 patients a year...(1/9) #mnleg
When someone points out that your silly tax cut will save families just $11 per year while costing the state $40 million. Learn about why sales tax exemptions aren't the way to make life more affordable for Minnesotans: www.house.mn.gov/SessionDaily...
It's actually more costly, short-term and long-term, to give tax cuts to billionaires. How dare they do this to our great state.
New Mexico saved up money from taxing oil and gas companies to pass the nation's first universal child care program. Minnesota has the third highest average cost of child care in the country. There’s a bill for that, and we could fund it by taxing the rich and corporations.
We need to choose a better path. We continue to reward the rich for being rich, while the working class struggles to overcome generational barriers. Imagine if our policies were focused on eliminating systemic wealth gaps - all of us would be better off. spokesman-recorder.com/2025/09/17/o...