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Tax Cuts not Likely
It looks like the majority of Wisconsin taxpayers will have to wait another two years to get a tax cut.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos on Tuesday said Republicans at the statehouse continue to want to return Wisconsin’s $4 billion surplus to the people. But he said Gov. Evers would also have to agree.
“If we can get an agreement and it becomes part of the budget, okay. That's not preferred, but it's acceptable,” Vos explained to News Talk 1130 WISN’s Jay Weber. “The big thing is making sure that we have a commitment that whatever tax cut we're going to pass, actually become law.”
Vos said it is a core Republican principle to not grow the state of state government. Even if that means giving-up on a tax cut.
“We will either have a budget that either only funds the basic minimum, or we will just not have a tax cut happen,” Vos added.
Working with Gov. Evers remains the biggest roadblock.
Vos said Republicans at the Capitol “hopefully can find some common ground” with the governor.
Vos’ second in command, Majority Leader Tyler August on Tuesday, said Republicans have “zero” trust in Gov. Evers after his 400-year school funding veto two years ago.
Vos said that veto, and the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s ruling that lets it stand, are going to be issues to deal with this spring.
Still, Vos said Wisconsin will almost certainly not go without a state budget for the next two years.
“Sometimes it's hard. Because you got to take the long-term strategy view as opposed to just doing what the knee-jerk thing is, which is to just take your ball and go home,” Vos added. “That's not really our goal. I want to find a way for us to win for conservatives, and sometimes it means you get 80% of what you want, not 100.”
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