For tax purposes, Wisconsin should treat profits from investments the same as income from work. Currently, Wisconsin gives preferential treatment to profits from investments, which results in tax breaks for the best off. Most other states treat profits from investment the same as income from work.
Wisconsin’s Wealthiest Have Prospered at the Expense of Everyday Families.
It’s time to fix this. Wisconsin can be a place where we all—regardless of race or place—have what we need to make ends meet and care for our families. But as our hard work has made the wealthy few in Wisconsin even richer, they’ve rigged the rules to redirect...