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.
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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
On this #TaxDay, did you know that in 2025 U.S. billionaires got an obscene $1.5 trillion richer?
Meanwhile, working Americans got higher costs, fewer services, and stuck wages.
Happy #TaxDay, Minnesota! We have the most progressive tax code in the country — and we get what we pay for. While 4 MN corporations paid $0 in federal taxes, we still have work to do. But today, let's celebrate what's possible when we invest in each other. #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)
Blue graphic with pull quote: "Ultimately, instead of a health care system built to provide the best possible care for the wealthiest few, we need one that provides care for everyone, allowing us all to live with dignity and achieve our full potential." Attributed to Alec Williams, Minnesota Reformer, March 24, 2026. We Make Minnesota logo.
(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...
Dark textured graphic with pull quote: "Only in the United States are for-profit insurers allowed to cover the wealthy and healthy — while the public is left to foot the bill." Attributed to Alec Williams, Minnesota Reformer, March 24, 2026. We Make Minnesota logo.
(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.
(7/9) The leading proposal at the Legislature is expanding the Hennepin County sales tax — the same tax that paid for Target Field — from 0.15% to 1%. That money would go to keeping HCMC's doors open.
Is it a perfect solution? No. A local sales tax means working families...
Bold blue graphic with large text: "Private profits for Mayo. Socialized losses for HCMC." Subtext notes Mayo spent 0.7% on charity care vs. a 4% national average, and that Mayo's 2025 surplus was nearly as large as HCMC's entire annual revenue.
(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.
(5/9) Meanwhile, the Mayo Clinic made $1.5 billion in profit in 2025. Closed six rural clinics the same year. Spent 0.7% of its revenue on charity care — less than a fifth of the national average.
Dark textured graphic with pull quote from Alec Williams, WMM Policy Researcher, Minnesota Reformer, March 24, 2026: "Nothing is more regressive than leaving the primary health care provider for poor families to close."
(4/9) Just like public schools, roads, or running water, public hospitals aren’t about charity, they are for self-preservation and mutual benefit.
Dark graphic headlined "The state's largest safety net hospital is on the verge of collapse." Stats: 115,000 unique patients each year; $100 million in uncompensated care. We Make Minnesota logo.
(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.
Dark graphic with large text: "The hospital that doesn't turn people away." Stats below: 48% of patients were on Medicaid in 2023; 20% of all uncompensated care in MN. We Make Minnesota logo.
(2/9)...offering the only 24/7 emergency hyperbaric chamber in Minnesota, one of the busiest burn units in the country, and our most important teaching hospital.
When public needs go unmet, they don’t go away, they just cause bigger problems for all of us.
Screenshot of a Minnesota Reformer commentary headline reading "Hennepin County Medical Center is an important statewide asset and must be saved," displayed on a dark textured background with the We Make Minnesota logo.
🧵 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)
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Nice graphic, Bob!
Here in Minnesota we call it the cycle of distrust, highlighting the role that public disappointment in government services plays in perpetuating the cycle.
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...
While some for-profit hospitals turn people
away, public hospitals like HCMC serve all of those in need.
They deserve our support and we deserve a healthcare system that cares for everyone.
Love to see it.
Wonder why so many Minnesota school districts across the state are turning to voters for local funding year after year? Thank Jesse Ventura and Tim Pawlenty.
Saint Paul: Vote YES on November 4th. Then let’s tell state leaders it’s time to raise revenue and stabilize school funding. Yesforspps.com
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.
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In the richest country in the world, people should have their basic needs met.
End corporate giveaways, fund our classrooms instead.
The Massachusetts “Fair Share Amendment,” popularly known as the Millionaires Tax, continued to deliver a financial windfall this year, as more and more states look to replicate this tremendous success 👇
Read more here: bit.ly/4lDqvIj
#TaxJustice
