New Walker tax proposals laughably desperate, with no money to pay for it

Fresh off of seeing Dems outvote Republicans by more than 8% in this week's primary, our desperate Governor decided to throw out a number of tax cut plans to see if the media would give them free, uncritical publicity.

However, the Wisconsin State Journal's Matt DeFour didn't take the bait, and actually dug into the policies that Walker was proposing. DeFour's article noted that Walker’s “new” ideas are similar to things that Evers called for months ago.

Walker is calling for a new tax credit of up to $5,000 over five years for college graduates who live and work in Wisconsin as a way to reduce student loan debt. Evers has called for a new statewide authority to help college graduates in the state refinance their student loan debt and new tax incentives to help retain college graduates, though he hasn't offered specifics. (Note, there already is a Dem bill that would do the things Evers supports, but the article doesn’t say if what Evers is backing is that exact bill).

Walker also wants to provide a state child care tax credit of up to $6,000 per year per family to match the federal child care tax credit. Democrats introduced a bill that did something similar last session, but it went nowhere. Evers said during the primary he supported a state child care tax credit.

Our Governor sure seems UNINTIMIDATED, doesn’t he? You can tell the guy just got a polling memo back and grabbed for the first thing he could find.

Among the rest of Walker's proposals are items that Walker and WisGOP have done little to take care of since 2011 – until they saw the 2018 Blue Wave rolling in.

Walker also is calling for a tax credit to help senior citizens stay in their homes, though he didn't provide specifics. The state already offers a homestead credit intended to do just that, though Walker and Republicans in the Legislature ended indexing of the credit in his first budget and eliminated it for non-disabled people under age 62 in his most recent budget.

Walker wants to expand youth apprenticeships to students in 7th and 8th grades, a proposal he previously mentioned in an interview with the Wisconsin State Journal when he declared himself a "pro-education governor." Walker also plans to increase spending on technical education, though he didn't specify by how much.

And Walker plans to continue the University of Wisconsin System tuition freeze for four more years. Evers, a member of the UW Board of Regents, said Wednesday he supports a tuition freeze if it is offset by additional state aid for higher education.

Notice one big difference between Walker and Evers’ plans? Evers actually recognizes that there needs to be money available to pay for these things, and to maintain quality in education.

Just like with the roads, lifetime grifter Scott Walker apparently feels that available funds will fall from the sky to make all of his big talk work out.

Hey Scotty, we have $2 billion in deficits looming for the 2019-21 because of the unpaid-for tax cuts and borrowing you pulled in previous years. So where’s the money for all this, Scotty?....WHERE’S THE F’ING MONEY????

I can imagine Walker pounding walls and collapsing into Tonette’s arms like this as he sees another poll showing him and the rest of the GOP falling further behind for November. Gov Dropout is losing, he knows it, and is acting like a con man who can’t get his schemes over on anyone anymore.

It’s pathetic, and if the need to get this dishonest dimwit out of office wasn’t so big, I’d be laughing my ass off at how Scotty is flopping about.