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Aric Putnam

Aric Putnam

Member of the Minnesota State Senate

Oct 11, 2026

8:12
Is there any kind of look back at either the automatic inflators on the gas tax or wages that you think maybe went too far in the 2023 budget?
8:24
Well, you know, it's politics, right? So nothing was done perfectly.
8:27
That's the first step.
8:28
But I do think that there are a lot of other variables that are involved in increasing our prices right now, in particular with ag.
8:35
You know, I spent a lot of time in the ag world.
8:37
And those tariffs have had some real serious consequences on the cost of groceries, as has bird flu.
8:42
And bird flu is something that we use some surplus money to combat.
13:42
Do voters pay attention to the ads? Are they noticing the ads or are they tuning them out?

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