Wisconsin Republicans want super majority for tax increases

[YoungDemCA]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican state lawmakers are proposing a constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority vote before taxes can be raised in Wisconsin.

State law already requires the super-majority vote to raise sales and income taxes. But the proposal circulated this week by Republican Rep. Dean Knudson, of Hudson, and Sen. Leah Vukmir, of Brookfield, would make the requirement part of the constitution, where it would be more difficult to change.

Their proposal would have to pass two consecutive sessions of the Legislature and be approved in a statewide vote before being added to the constitution.

A super-majority vote requires 66 votes instead of 50 in the Assembly and 22 votes instead of 17 in the Senate.

http://www.fdlreporter.com/viewart/20131203/FON0101/131203028/Wisconsin-Republicans-want-super-majority-tax-increases

So stupid.

[Scuba]

1. They must be planning to be in the minority soon.

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2. Theydid this in California

Nearly destroyed the state with eternal deficits. People finally wised up a bit and eased the restriction, and things got much better. Hopefully the people of Wisconsin are tired enough of this crap to vote it down.

[Bandit]

3. Bless their little black hearts, of course they do.

I bet they want to make the super majority around 90%.

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4. Why not just let the wealthy have a veto over all state laws?

Surely they owuld not misuse it for their own benefit?