Wisconsin: GOP votes corporate taxe cut , increases for poor

[Scuba]

http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/122902194.html

Even the right-wing Urinal/Sentinel pans this scheme...


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Madison - Republican lawmakers voted Tuesday to trim taxes for corporations and investors while further cutting tax credit programs for the working poor.

The Joint Finance Committee also voted to shut down two youth correctional institutions and repeal early-release provisions for state prisoners. The pair of 12-4 party-line votes came as the powerful committee entered a marathon week of work that could stretch into Saturday as GOP lawmakers strive to approve the budget by the end of June. The bill must still be approved by both houses of the Legislature and signed by Gov. Scott Walker.

Rep. Tamara Grigsby (D-Milwaukee) called the committee's action to cut the Earned Income Tax Credit for low-income workers "Robin Hood in reverse."

"We have our priorities very, very backwards," Grigsby said.

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Walker and his Republican cronies are trying to get as much through as possible by the end of June. Why? Recall elections season begins July 12.

[liberal N proud]

1. Any pretense of caring for the people is gone in this country

It is all about the corporations and the richest. The rest can all rot.


:nuke: