{"id":8190,"date":"2024-01-10T05:03:39","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T06:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=8190"},"modified":"2024-01-10T06:55:57","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T06:55:57","slug":"gov-evers-open-to-tax-cut-for-wisconsin-retirees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=8190","title":{"rendered":"Gov. Evers Open to Tax Cut for Wisconsin Retirees"},"content":{"rendered":"

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by Benjamin Yount<\/h5>\n

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Wisconsin\u2019s governor may be softening on a tax cut for retirees in the state.<\/p>\n

Gov. Tony Evers was a guest on Capital City Sunday on television in Madison. He said he\u2019s open to the idea of a tax cut for retirees in the state.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll need to see what\u2019s in the bill,\u201d Evers said \u201cI\u2019m not opposed to lowering the tax burden on retirees. But which retirees? Those that may have no need for that tax cut, or those that are in need of it?\u201d<\/p>\n

Evers said any tax cut that mostly benefits the \u201cvery, very wealthy\u201d is a non-starter.<\/p>\n

The governor also said he may be looking to use a retiree tax cut as a bargaining chip with Republican lawmakers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we can get some place there, maybe [we can get] a quid pro quo on the Republican side with something around child care,\u201d Evers said. \u201cYou know we have $7 billion in our coffers. The child care industry is very, very fragile, and I believe that we should be helping out those providers of child care.\u201d<\/p>\n

Evers has been pushing for the state to spend more on child care since the federal coronavirus emergency order expired last year, and the Child Care Counts program ended.<\/p>\n

Republicans have proposed ending the income tax for retirees in Wisconsin. The hope, they say, is to make Wisconsin more attractive to retirees and help keep people in the state.<\/p>\n

Evers\u2019 trade may be a tough sell among Republicans, however. The Republican-controlled legislature continues to want the governor to sign on to a broader, $2.5 billion tax cut for most taxpayers in the state.<\/p>\n

Evers has refused to do that, claiming the Republican plan is a tax cut for millionaires.<\/p>\n

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\nPhoto \u201cTony Evers\u201d by Senator Melissa Agard.<\/a>
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