Scott Walker to Propose Nearly $1B in Tax Cuts in Wisconsin

[CaseyJones]

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Govern...to-Propose-Nearly-1B-in-Tax-Cuts-in-Wisconsin

Governor Scott Walker will propose $800 million in tax cuts Wednesday evening, representing most of the state's $912 million revenue surplus. Half of the cut will be achieved through property tax reductions, and the other half will consist of lower payroll taxes, as well as lower income tax rates for the lowest state bracket.

"What do you do with a surplus? Give it back to the people who earned it. It's your money," Walker will tell the state legislature in his annual "State of the State Address," according to an excerpt released to the press. The tax cuts will be a core part of Walker's new budget for the state, entitled the "Blueprint for Prosperity."

Walker has presided over a remarkable turnaround in Wisconsin's finances. When he took office in 2011, the state was running a $3.6 billion deficit. One of his first acts was to pass a corporate tax cut, which Democrats derided as a giveaway to the rich, but which helped grow the local economy and attract businesses and jobs.

 

[aGameOfThrones]

"What do you do with a surplus? Give it back to the people who earned it. It's your money,"

That makes absolutely no sense. Do you know that money could be use to pay for more police, better pay for teachers and public pension funds, hello?

 

[Keith and stuff]

...public pension funds, hello?

It actually could go to help fund the underfunded pensions. The main reasons I support giving it back to the people instead of working to fix the pension problem is because I highly doubt there will be any serious effort to fix the pension problem in most states. And even worse, if a state actually manages to fix it's pension problem, at some point in the future, new government officials will likely come along and screw it up again.

 

[Anti-Neocon]

 

[eduardo89]

lol, on the front page of workingamerica.org there's a big link to sign up for Obamacare...

 

[Keith and stuff]

lol, on the front page of workingamerica.org there's a big link to sign up for Obamacare...

Agreed. Sure, WI is 1 of the least free states. That isn't the fault of establishment Republican Scott Walker though. He has done some decent stuff, especially for an establishment governor. That graphic though, it looks like it was created by evil statists and I'm not likely to consider it fact...

 

[Anti-Neocon]

The statistics are cited. Whether or not you'd trust a liberal organization to cite statistics correctly is up to you. I doubt they're manufactured personally.

He seems like someone with a rocky road to re-election, let alone a formidable Presidential candidate. He's also got the charisma of a wet noodle.

 

[gwax23]

This is a good sign. As for the wisconsin statistics you have to remember those things built up over years of very strong democrat and union control. With that said hes been pretty lackluster to turn things around.

 

[FindLiberty]

Will those refunds be made in Bitcoin?

 

[Occam's Banana]

Walker will propose $800 million in tax cuts [...] representing most of the state's $912 million revenue surplus. [...]

"What do you do with a surplus? Give it back to the people who earned it. It's your money,"

So then what about the remaining $112 million?

Does that not also rightfully belong to the people who earned it?

 

[fearthereaperx]

How long has he been in the gov. office for?

 

[eduardo89]

How long has he been in the gov. office for?

3 years nows.

 

[specsaregood]

The statistics are cited. Whether or not you'd trust a liberal organization to cite statistics correctly is up to you. I doubt they're manufactured personally.

But do those statistics include government jobs? If so, if a state was actually cutting its size or even stalling I could see it going down in those stats for quite awhile. Seeing as govt job growth and wage growth have been so huge for so long.

 

[Occam's Banana]

The statistics are cited. Whether or not you'd trust a liberal organization to cite statistics correctly is up to you. I doubt they're manufactured personally.

All such statistics are "manufactured" to one degree or another. They all involve counting some things and leaving other things out. Such decisions are often based on public policy agendas - especially when they come from outfits like Forbes, the Federal Reserve and the Chamber of Commerce.

Trying to demonstrate or prove things with such statistics - based as they are on the definitions, assumptions and models of the statistics-issuer - is more often than not an elaborate and scientistic (not scientific) excercise in question-begging.

 

[fearthereaperx]

3 years nows.

He's also had the recall election hassle during his first year.

 

[brushfire]

Gage, affiliated with workingamerica.org? Say it isnt so...

 

[CaseyJones]

Gage, affiliated with workingamerica.org? Say it isnt so...

Gage lets anyone use his pics as long as he gets mention as the photographer

 

[brushfire]

Gage lets anyone use his pics as long as he gets mention as the photographer

I know, was just being silly

 

[Gage]

I know, was just being silly

Yea, I didn't approve its use or anything. Surprised they didn't use one of my more unflattering photos of him.

 

[compromise]

The next Vice President of the United States?