tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post8038342010254205979..comments2024-02-20T19:58:27.733-06:00Comments on Jake's Wisconsin Funhouse: Trump and Walker Admin tricks will try to hide major budget holesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post-30742390932378604152017-02-21T18:14:01.002-06:002017-02-21T18:14:01.002-06:00Thanks, Jake. Amen on the "rosy scenario"...Thanks, Jake. Amen on the "rosy scenario" basis for their dubious budget schemes.<br /><br />It's this rich/corporate tax break madness that's creating these budget deficits, which makes our State as a whole suffer. It's the imposed austerity on us that prevents our reinvesting in the State, which in turn creates the environment for a badly-functioning economy. Supply-<br />side/trickle-down need to return to a demand-based view, along with a return to a progressive tax code for corporations and individuals.<br /><br />Citizen Action of Wisconsin in January put out an alternative budget proposal that points at the M&A tax credit, as well as capital gains reform as good ways to begin reinvesting in Wisconsin. (https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/citizenactionwi/pages/2632/attachments/original/1484754437/BudgetForAll_updated.pdf?1484754437)<br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post-49867209819461944562017-02-21T07:32:47.495-06:002017-02-21T07:32:47.495-06:00And Catherine Rampell in the Washington Post als...And <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-trump-team-is-already-cooking-the-books/2017/02/20/a793961e-f7b2-11e6-be05-1a3817ac21a5_story.html?postshare=2791487683155538&tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.a1fc30bef2d6" rel="nofollow"> Catherine Rampell in the Washington Post </a> also calls out the Trump Admin's BS estimates of 3-3.5% GDP growth, which is what they are cooking into their books.Jake formerly of the LPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15660401299391001751noreply@blogger.com