“Hopefully we’ll have a reasonable proposal (from Republicans),” Evers said.Republicans in August rejected the Evers’ proposal as a campaign ploy. Evers, when asked if that was a reasonable target, said he believed that the last budget was a good one for taxpayers and he expects the next one to be similar. Evers signed that Republican plan and then campaigned on it in his successful reelection bid.Īssembly Speaker Robin Vos has said earlier this month that taxes should be cut by at least $3.4 billion in the next budget. In the last budget, Republicans eliminated more than $1 billion in tax increases Evers proposed and instead cut taxes by $3.4 billion. The Legislature will rewrite the Evers budget proposal between February and likely late June, before passing its own plan. “We are open to proposals that directly impact working families, middle class families that are seeing rising costs,” Assembly Democratic Minority Leader Greta Neubauer said.
Legislative Democrats, who don’t have the votes to pass anything, are generally supportive of cutting taxes as Evers proposed and against a flat income tax as Republicans want. Republicans in August rejected the Evers’ proposal as a campaign ploy. Under that plan, taxes would be cut $600 million a year, including by 10% for individuals earning less than $100,000 and families earning less than $150,000.Įvers’ proposal would also cap copays for insulin at $35, repeal the state’s minimum markup law in an attempt to lower gas prices, cut taxes for seniors on fixed incomes, expand property tax relief for veterans with disabilities and attempt to lower the cost of caregiving and child care. Evers said the tax cut plan he released in August as he was running for reelection is what he will include in the two-year state budget he delivers to the Legislature on Feb.
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