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Related: About this forumRauner wants to shape IL like WI - I call BS
5. Wisconsin> Taxes paid by residents as pct. of income: 11.0%
> Total state taxes collected: $16.0 billion (17th highest)
> Tax burden per capita: $4,477 (10th largest)
> Income per capita: $40,741 (25th highest)
Wisconsins income tax was the state's largest source of tax revenue, accounting for more than 42% of the states total tax revenue. Governor Scott Walker has recently suggested overhauling the income tax system, but such reforms would not go into effect until 2015. Gas is currently taxed at nearly 31 cents a gallon in Wisconsin, among the highest rates nationwide. The high effective property tax rate in the state may also have contributed to the overall high tax burden in Wisconsin. Property values were taxed at 1.76% in 2012, more than all but three other states. The combination of such taxes meant residents faced the fifth-highest tax burden in the U.S. and also paid $3,387 -- or 8.3% of their incomes -- in Wisconsin state and local taxes.
For those who can't comprehend - less taxes for business = higher tax burden on working people.
Get the word out and encourage Millennials to vote in this off-year election.
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Rauner wants to shape IL like WI - I call BS (Original Post)
raising2moredems
Apr 2014
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blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)1. Less taxes for business = higher tax burden on working people
^^This.^^
Scuba
(53,475 posts)2. This Wisconsin residence suggests that Illinois does NOT really want to be like us.
BTW, you can have the Fitzgerald brothers back. Please.
raising2moredems
(706 posts)3. Not a problem...
There is plenty of need for fill that is not clean.