{"id":2659,"date":"2023-05-06T13:27:48","date_gmt":"2023-05-06T13:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=2659"},"modified":"2023-05-06T14:00:57","modified_gmt":"2023-05-06T14:00:57","slug":"speaker-robin-vos-teases-tax-cut-plan-for-people-who-actually-pay-taxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=2659","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Robin Vos Teases Tax Cut Plan For People \u2018Who Actually Pay Taxes\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The focus at the Wisconsin Capitol has, so far, been on sending more money to local governments across the state. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says that\u2019s going to change.<\/p>\n

Vos on Friday told News Talk 1130 WISN\u2019s Jay Weber that Republicans are working on a plan to use about $3 billion of Wisconsin\u2019s record $7 billion surplus on tax cuts.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy colleagues right now are working on a plan that we\u2019ll announce probably after Memorial Day, which will focus on giving tax relief to everyone in Wisconsin who actually pays taxes,\u201d Vos said. \u201cIf you work right now, you\u2019re going to see a reduction in the amount of taxes that you pay. Plain and simple.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vos didn\u2019t say just how much less people can expect to pay in taxes.<\/p>\n

\u201cSenator Le Mahieu has been out there fishing very hard for a flat tax, which I support. That is the ultimate goal, so hopefully the system will be flatter,\u201d Vos said. \u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s likely we\u2019ll get a flat tax, given where Governor Evers is. But that is certainly one of the goals we are striving for. And we\u2019ll probably have some version of flattening in the income tax proposal that we bring forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

Le Mahieu, the Senate majority leader, has been pushing for months to lower Wisconsin\u2019s progressive income tax to a flat 3.25% income tax. Evers has promised to veto any kind of flat tax.<\/p>\n

The governor has called the flat tax \u201ca tax cut for millionaires.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vos on Friday said the governor would rather raise taxes on most people in the state, and call it a tax cut for others.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat the Democrats want to do is tax the people who are hard working, and reward those who, perhaps, aren\u2019t working through a made-up tax cut,\u201d Vos said. \u201cThat is not what our plan is going to be.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for the shared revenue plan that Evers threatened to veto on Thursday, Vos said Republicans in the Legislature are willing to make some changes, but he said they will not make the changes that the governor wants.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not going to break,\u201d Vos said. \u201cHe\u2019s not going to bully people into his position of saying we\u2019re going to have a massive spending increase.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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