Wisconsin should devote additional resources to collecting unpaid taxes that are owed to the state. Increasing the amount of money and staff devoted to enforcing state tax laws would increase the amount of revenue available to fund vital public services and also reduce the unfair burden on citizens who already pay the taxes they legally owe.
Our Take: The Wisconsin 2023-25 Biennial Budget
We appreciate Governor Evers being a stop gap for some of the most egregious proposals from the Republican-controlled Joint Finance Committee (JFC). But, if we want to actually address Wisconsin’s racial disparities, we have a lot more work to do.