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Invest Resources to Collect Taxes Owed
PDF Wisconsin should devote additional resources to collecting unpaid taxes that are owed to the state, according to this WCCF policy brief for the 2013-15 budget. Increasing the amount of money and...
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Treat Profits from Investments the Same as Income from Work
PDF For tax purposes, Wisconsin should treat profits form investments the same as income from work, according to this policy brief from Wisconsin Council on Children and Families. Currently, Wisconsin...
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K-12 Education in the 2013-15 Budget
PDF Version Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has proposed a two-year budget that freezes general funding for Wisconsin’s public schools, introduces new incentive payments for districts, expands...
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Taxes and Revenue in the Governor’s Proposed 2013-15 Budget
PDF Version Governor Walker’s proposed budget includes a significant income tax cut and new resources for tax enforcement. For many people, property taxes will stay level or go down due to limitations...
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2013-15 Budget Overview: How Wisconsin Goes From a Solid Surplus to a...
PDF Version Wisconsin is expected to begin the 2013-15 budget period with a solid General Fund surplus, estimated to be about $420 million, but the Governor’s budget proposals would leave the state...
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An Overview of Health Care Issues in the 2013-15 Budget
PDF Version Spending More State Dollars to Cover Fewer Wisconsinites through BadgerCare A key issue in the Department of Health Services (DHS) budget and in the budget bill as a whole is the question...
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An Overview of Child Care Issues in the 2013-15 Budget
PDF Version Changes in Wisconsin Shares and YoungStar The Governor’s Budget proposed significant reductions in the Wisconsin Shares child care subsidy program, with a cut of close to $17 million in...
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Local Aid in the Proposed 2013-15 Budget
PDF Version State aid to local governments is for the large part frozen in the proposed 2013-15 budget, with very modest increases proposed for a few forms of spending on local aid. This freeze comes...
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Funding for Low-income Families Siphoned off for Other Uses
PDF Version Press Release This issue brief provides a short overview of the portions of the Department of Children and Families (DCF) budget relating to assistance for low-income families. It...
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Five Ways the Proposed Income Tax Cut Could Hurt Wisconsin
PDF Version #1: The tax cut leaves out low-income taxpayers. More than three-quarters of a million Wisconsin tax filers would not receive any benefit from the tax cut proposed by the Governor,...
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Taxes and Revenue in Wisconsin’s 2013-15 Budget, as Passed by the Joint...
PDF version The budget passed by the Legislature’s budget committee includes a significant income tax cut and new resources for tax enforcement. For many people, property taxes would stay relatively...
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Budget Diverts Funding for Low-Income Families Based on Faulty Assumptions
PDF version W-2 Participation Up Nearly 14% Since December, Contrary to Assumed Decline Figures quietly posted online last week by the Department of Children and Families (DCF) conflict with some rosy...
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An Overview of Health Care Issues in the 2013-15 Budget
PDF Version Spending More State Dollars to Cover Fewer Wisconsinites through BadgerCare A key issue in the Department of Health Services (DHS) budget and in the budget bill as a whole is how Wisconsin...
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An Overview of Education Issues in the 2013-15 Budget
PDF Version The budget makes significant changes to public education in Wisconsin, particularly by expanding the voucher program statewide. The budget bill includes a small boost in spending for public...
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An Overview of Early Care and Education Issues in the 2013-15 Budget
PDF version Changes in Wisconsin Shares and YoungStar The biennial budget cut $31 million from the Wisconsin Shares child care subsidy appropriation, very close to the Governor’s initial proposal. The...
View ArticleHow the Budget Affects Children and Families
Looking at the budget through the lens of how it affects children and families we see much more harm than good. We see many missed opportunities to address the pressing needs of those hardest hit by...
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10 Reasons Why This is a “Robin Hood in Reverse” Budget
PDF Version Press Release In an interview with the Capital Times about a month ago, I asserted that Wisconsin’s 2013-15 budget bill employs a “Robin Hood in reverse” strategy for allocating...
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7 Fiscal Sins: How the Budget Bill Puts Wisconsin on Less Secure Financial...
PDF Version Press Release One of the very disappointing things about the biennial budget bill is that fiscal conservatives who espoused responsible budgeting two years ago seemed to forget many of...
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