There are a lot of groups who have been hurt by the policies passed by Republicans in the legislature. Most are just victims of the Republicans’ budget. A few, though, have been under active attack by the Republican majority. One of those groups is renters.

Renters took a big hit from last year’s cuts to the Renters’ Credit. Now, though, Republicans have decided that wasn’t enough, and they’re proposing even larger cuts::

Here we go again with another proposal to dramatically cut the Renters’ Credit, a property tax refund for about 300,000 low- and moderate-income Minnesota households. It refunds a portion of the property taxes that renters pay through their rents. More than one-quarter of participating households include seniors and/or people with severe disabilities.

On Wednesday night, the House Property and Local Tax Division passed House File 1914, which cuts business property taxes, primarily through phasing out the state property tax paid by businesses and cabins. Unfortunately, it cuts the Renters’ Credit to partially pay for the tax cuts.

I don’t understand what the Republicans’ problem is with renters, but they seem to be a constant target. Republicans seem intent on squeezing money from renters, even as they work hard to enrich the wealthy. It’s a sick reverse-Robin Hood policy that doesn’t represent Minnesotans’ values.