Thursday, February 10, 2005

Not quite solid 'freezes'

This story from JS Online calls the Governor out on his claim that his budget plan includes a tax freeze:
"'The numbers of this freeze meet all of the Republican standards,' Doyle told Journal Sentinel editors Wednesday, a day after he presented his budget to the Republican-controlled Legislature. 'It will reduce property taxes even more' than the Republican version."
While he's technically correct - the first year of his budget does lower local taxes by $11 more than the Republican plan - the second year his plan is higher and his plan has no provisions for future years. The Republican plan is not that much better, but it does extend to three years which would make it difficult to adjust in the next budget biennium.

Once again folks - we don't have a tax problem in Wisconsin, we have a spending problem. Let's fix that!

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