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Yavin4

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24. Wisc. pensioners, remember this tax cut

Reply to Redfairen (Original post)

Mon Mar 24, 2014, 07:48 PM

Mar 2014

Remember this when they tell you in a few years that the state cannot afford to pay you your pensions. Remember that they could have used this surplus to shore up the pension fund.

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Wisconsin Governor Walker signs $504 million tax cut [View all] Redfairen Mar 2014 OP

Wow! A whole buck a week for a $40,000/year worker! Two bucks a week for a homeowner! Warpy Mar 2014 #1

"In the meantime, those making million dollar paychecks are getting ... " Gidney N Cloyd Mar 2014 #2

Seems like a fair trade npk Mar 2014 #7

Yep, they're the ones making out with this foolish tax break. nt valerief Mar 2014 #30

You're right. I wish it could be more, too. But we have to have enough to keep the state running. Pterodactyl Mar 2014 #10

And besides, only the billionaires deserve any real breaks Warpy Mar 2014 #11

Uh, no. EVERYONE who pays taxes should get a break. Not just billionaires as you want. Pterodactyl Mar 2014 #12

A buck a week isn't meaningful tax relief Warpy Mar 2014 #13

Ten bucks a week would be nice. Pterodactyl Mar 2014 #15

Well when they cut food stamps by 10 dollars a month yeoman6987 Mar 2014 #28

Kudo's to Walker BE10sCoach Mar 2014 #17

Let's see BE10sCoach Mar 2014 #19

well luvmygarden Mar 2014 #29

However, after Walker finishes touting this tax break...he's going to win his re-election. Auntie Bush Mar 2014 #31

AND, it's on PROJECTED REVENUE. Which means that Walker is basically borrowing the money JDPriestly Mar 2014 #18

Meh. Igel Mar 2014 #21

Gee, just in time for election year too. SmittynMo Mar 2014 #3

Amazing how much $ come from destroying education elfin Mar 2014 #4

Plus no expansion of Medicaid for the poor uninsured passiveporcupine Mar 2014 #16

And, lemme guess... Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2014 #5

How about the atypical homeowner? albino65 Mar 2014 #6

The Koch Brothers are his Masters warrant46 Mar 2014 #8

What a smarmy bastard n/t albino65 Mar 2014 #9

It would have been better to put a lot on the State Debt OnlinePoker Mar 2014 #14

BFD weissmam Mar 2014 #20

Operation Re-election Under Way. onehandle Mar 2014 #22

"Tax relief" Grrr Ratty Mar 2014 #23

Wisc. pensioners, remember this tax cut Yavin4 Mar 2014 #24

Just to clarify rlegro Mar 2014 #27

Almost no one has noticed two facts about this tax cut rlegro Mar 2014 #25

What a fucking joke! Firebrand Gary Mar 2014 #26

$58 a year... 3catwoman3 Mar 2014 #32