“I believe that targeting the middle class is where we should be. “I don’t see that as something that I could support,” Evers said of the flat tax last month. Under LeMahieu’s plan, for example, those already in the lowest tax bracket would see only about a quarter percentage point tax cut, while the wealthiest would have their tax rate cut in half.ĭemocrats don’t have the votes to stop the measure from passing, but Evers can block it with his veto. “When we deliver tax relief, it should be targeted to the middle class to give working families a little breathing room - not to give big breaks to millionaires and billionaires who don’t need the extra help to afford rising costs,” Evers tweeted Friday. Illinois voters in 2020 also rejected a constitutional amendment that would have allowed for lawmakers to change that and institute a progressive income tax system like Wisconsin’s.Įvers and Democrats in the Legislature are against the flat tax, saying it will primarily benefit wealthy people.

Other Republicans, in arguing for the move, have also pointed to neighboring Illinois, a state run by Democrats, which has a flat personal income tax rate.

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