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TexasTowelie

(112,070 posts)
Sat Feb 9, 2019, 11:22 AM Feb 2019

Evers, GOP leaders at odds over middle-class tax cut

Gov. Tony Evers says he doesn’t think he could sign the GOP’s version of a middle-class income tax cut because Republicans had failed to provide a path to pay for it in future years.

GOP leaders, meanwhile, said the version Evers and Dem lawmakers unveiled was a “non-starter” with them, as the two sides remained deeply divided over their shared goal of cutting taxes for the middle class.

Evers Tuesday called his version of the middle-class tax cut “far superior,” saying the proposal from GOP lawmakers would take money that he said is needed to pay for other priorities. It would cut taxes by $892.3 million for individuals over the two-year budget while raising them $518 million on manufacturers by capping an existing credit.

“Right now I cannot support a plan that has no plan for funding in the future,” Evers said.

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Evers, GOP leaders at odds over middle-class tax cut (Original Post) TexasTowelie Feb 2019 OP
Evers has to beat GOP into submission using all of Scott walker's giveaways as a hammer beachbum bob Feb 2019 #1
The Rethugs goal is not to work with Evers Liberalhammer Feb 2019 #2
 

Liberalhammer

(576 posts)
2. The Rethugs goal is not to work with Evers
Sat Feb 9, 2019, 12:31 PM
Feb 2019

And they don't have shared goals with Evers or the democrats. WI Rethugs are greedy goose stepping Nazis all they care about is power at any cost.

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