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THE SEVEN BIG QUESTIONS <br /> • FOR THE POLITICAL DEBATE <br /> Once the Decision is Made <br /> to Undertake Serious Reform <br /> • How far should the sales tax base be broadened and the rate <br /> lowered? <br /> • How much more progressive should the individual income tax be <br /> made to make up for sales tax base broadening and property tax <br /> cuts on high value homes of high-income people? <br /> • Should taxes actually paid by business be cut slightly more than <br /> • those initiaiip paid by individuals? <br /> 4110Should the new business tax be a business activities tax or a <br /> Michigan style VAT, and what should the rate be? Or, would the <br /> Minnesota business community prefer to retain the highest property <br /> tax rates in the United States? <br /> • What should the agricultural production tax rate be? <br /> • What technical problems are there and how should they be resolved? <br /> • What transition provisions are desirable for fiscal, economic and <br /> technical reasons? <br />