Our Real Challenges

The state’s budget shortfall is not the biggest challenge facing Minnesota. Growing numbers of unemployed, increasing numbers of Minnesotans uninsured, families and communities aging, more people hungry, more people homeless. These are the important challenges.

Budget decisions reflect our values. Decisions about health care and social services are decisions about us all, reflecting the sort of community we are.

Historically, Minnesotans take care of each other. If we remember that we are in this together, we can continue the tradition of building strong communities, strong families, strong people.

Minnesotans hit hard by budget decisions E-mail

What do budget cuts mean for local communities? 

What would revenue-building proposals have meant for Minnesota communities?

What do decisions to eliminate health insurance, services to the disabled, emergency help for those facing homelessness mean to Minnesota?

Map your story MinnesotaBudget effect by county in Minnesota
At Map Your Story read the stories of individual Minnesotans
whose lives are changed by those decisions.  Add the story of
someone you care about – an elderly parent, a disabled sibling,
a neighbor or co-worker hitting hard times.		At Budget Effects by County find out how cuts in the state
budget hit home in your community.