The stagnation in Wisconsin’s shared revenue program is so significant because the state has historically not given local governments access to the same mix of revenue sources enjoyed by their peers.
The fight has always been about how to share shared revenue. Back in the halcyon days of Tommy Thompson, the state had an extra billion dollars to distribute. It missed the opportunity to be truly charitable. But the need to move away from the property tax to fund almost everything consumed legalese then, as now. The way the dilemma was resolved was far from ideal -- but this isn’t utopia, its Wisconsin.
Do you ever want to kill the person who invented spelll check? The computer changed the admitted slang “leggies” which Is short for “legislators” to legalese, which doesn’t make sense -- unless you're a lawyer.
The fight has always been about how to share shared revenue. Back in the halcyon days of Tommy Thompson, the state had an extra billion dollars to distribute. It missed the opportunity to be truly charitable. But the need to move away from the property tax to fund almost everything consumed legalese then, as now. The way the dilemma was resolved was far from ideal -- but this isn’t utopia, its Wisconsin.
Do you ever want to kill the person who invented spelll check? The computer changed the admitted slang “leggies” which Is short for “legislators” to legalese, which doesn’t make sense -- unless you're a lawyer.