Tina Liebling Case Study

Biographies

Tina Liebling is a major candidate for Minnesota governor. She is a Minnesotan native from a large family of 5, where she is the second oldest. She grew up in Minnesota tell she moved to Massachusetts with her father after her parents’ divorce. However, she quickly returned to Minnesota for college, where she attended the University of Minnesota. Due to her low financial support Tina took on 3 jobs. Although Tina graduated from Minnesota with a B.A in Spanish her educational career did not end there. She continued her education at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where she gained a M. S in Public Heath and then she also earned a J.D at Boston University School of Law. She then moved to Chicago for a summer internship at

Tina believes in the progressive tax system. Essentially, she thinks the more a person makes the more their taxes will be. With the progressive tax system everyone is able to have opportunities to succeed. The start to the system is the “fourth tier” this is directed to the wealthiest Minnesotans stating they have the highest amount of taxes. Liebling believes further examining the tax code for outdated is the next movement to create a fairer economic system that does not favor the wealthy. (Liebling

He knows that having a strong middle class is what makes a strong economy. He was able to lower taxes for the middle class, allowing working families to save $3,600. This allows for those lower class families to build up to the middle class without seeing it all being taken away by taxes. Obama believes that instead of reducing taxes from the upper class to increase them. Mitt Romney plans to reduce taxes of the upper class would lead to large tax cut for those making over $3 million by an average of $250,000. That drop of cash flow would very negatively affect the economy. It would lead to the loss of many jobs overseas. The Obama tax plan demonstrates a functional plan I see for America. (Republican Views