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Gubernatorial Candidate Hones-in on 400-year Veto
Tom Tiffany is making a day-one pledge which he says will lower property taxes in Wisconsin.
Tiffany on Monday announced his plan to lower rising property taxes across the state, and said the first step is cancelling Gov. Tony Evers’ 400-year school funding order.
“My plan repeals the 400-year property tax hike, lowers taxes for every homeowner, and gives Wisconsinites the certainty they deserve by ensuring property taxes cannot be raised when I am governor,” Tiffany said. “It’s time to make Wisconsin a place where seniors can afford to stay in their homes, young couples can start a family, and the next generation can build their future right here at home.”
Tiffany has promised to also freeze property taxes in the state, and look to work with local governments and schools to address their needs without forcing them to go back to taxpayers.
Evers issued his 400-year order in 2023 by crossing-out a few numbers and punctuation marks in the state budget. Those changes expanded what was supposed to be a two-year school funding increase into a four-century increase.
Tiffany and others say that order helped spike property taxes across the state this year.
“Wisconsin is now one of the top ten highest property tax states in the country, right alongside Illinois, New Jersey, and New York. That didn’t happen by accident. In 2023, Governor Evers took a temporary school-funding provision, scratched out a few digits and a hyphen, and turned it into a property tax hike that lasts until the year 2425,” Tiffany added. “No Wisconsinite should be forced to pay a 400-year tax they never voted on.”
Tiffany is running to replace Evers, who announced last summer that he is not seeking re-election. The other Republican in the race, Josh Schoemann, has also said Evers’ 400-year order has to go.
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