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. ...Nickel Nickel-a-Drink Tax   Dollars and political sense Nimble governing is key in Pawlenty's budget BY BILL SALISBURY Posted on Mon, Jan. 31, 2005 http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/legislature/10775323.htm …TAXES The tax question is mostly about politics, not policy. Pawlenty said his plan would not increase taxes. Thus he believes he's keeping his 2002 campaign promise to "oppose and veto any and all efforts to increase taxes." But is he? His budget calls for extending two taxes, one on rental cars and another on liquor, that were scheduled to expire this year… "If any Democrat ever proposed that, he (Pawlenty) would call it a flat-out tax increase," said Sen. Ann Rest of New Hope, the assistant DFL majority leader. Just last year, Pawlenty's chief of staff, then-state Finance Commissioner Dan McElroy, said of the liquor and rental car tax extensions, "Many would say it's a new tax." Midwest Expo | Proof Magazine | Legislative Issues | Membership Training | Links | Allied Members | Order Page | Contact Us | Home Copyright © 2005 - Minnesota Licensed Beverage Association - All Rights Reserved