Posted on April 24, 2009
Source: New Richmond News
The proposed state budget has a disturbing sales tax increase that will not only have a negative effect on Wisconsin people, but also most businesses.
The issue of a raising and expanding sales taxes in Wisconsin has been whispered about since the Governor’s “budget fix” speech in mid-February.
Currently the state sales tax is 5 percent. Most counties (61 of 72), including St. Croix County, also have a .5 percent sales tax. That brings the tax total to 5.5 percent in most counties. Read more »
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Source: The Janesville Gazette
Taxes were on the minds of many readers last week.
April 15, of course, was the income tax filing deadline. Tens of thousands of “Tea Party” protesters rallied nationwide against taxes.
That same day, the Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce fired off a news release stating that Thomas Industries’ plan to move nearly 300 factory jobs to Louisiana is more evidence that Wisconsin’s manufacturing economy is in crisis. Wisconsin has lost more than 140,000 factory jobs since 2000, WMC says. Read more »
Posted on April 23, 2009
Source: Hudson Star-Observer
The proposed state budget has a disturbing sales tax increase that will not only have a negative effect on Wisconsin people, but also most businesses.
The issue of a raising and expanding sales taxes in Wisconsin has been whispered about since the Governor’s “budget fix” speech in mid-February.
Currently the state sales tax is 5 percent. Most counties (61 of 72), including St. Croix County, also have a .5 percent sales tax. That brings the tax total to 5.5 percent in most counties. Read more »
Posted on April 6, 2009
Source: Sen. Jim Sullivan
As Wisconsin tackles the economic crisis, one phrase we have heard is that nothing is off the table when it comes to resolving our $5.4 billion state budget deficit. To a certain extent, that is true: anything that is reasonable, fair and serves a valid purpose is up for discussion. Taxing legal services, however, does not meet that criteria. While no such proposal has been formally introduced, taxing legal services is the wrong way to go.
Taxing legal services is not a revenue solution; it is an impediment to the exercise of constitutional rights. Working people would foot the bill for such a proposal. It is not reasonable or fair to tax a surcharge on criminal defendants when liberty itself is at stake. Increasing representation costs by instituting an additional tax will make it even more difficult for people to attain legal help, which flies in the face of our constitutional right to representation, codified in the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution. Read more »
