A good, quick look at the Minnesota state budget

Posted at 1:41 PM on April 7, 2009 by Paul Tosto (0 Comments)

It's hard to get your arms around $30 billion of spending. That's the Minnesota state budget. But House and Senate staffers recently came as close as anyone to making it easy to understand. It's worth checking out.

In a dozen-plus PowerPoint slides, they've made it easy to see where the public money's coming from and where it's going in Minnesota. There's also good detail on Gov. Pawlenty's budget plan.

My favorite: The "Price of Government." That's state and local revenue as a percentage of personal income. Together state and local revenues made up about 16 percent of Minnesota personal income and that's stayed pretty steady for more than a decade.

Take a look at the slides and then tell us how you see the Minnesota budget. If you know of any better way to look at Minnesota's economy, drop a line or post below.

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