Fact Checking Barnes’ “Crumbs” Ad: Do Choosy Tax Delinquents Choose Jif?

By MacIver Staff - October 7, 2022

Badgercare, Evers Taxes, Fact Check, Gas Tax, Higher Property Taxes, Mandela Barnes, Manufacturing and Agriculture Tax Credit, Middle-Class, Property Taxes, Tax Increases, Welfare, Welfare Reform

Barnes was so poor he was forced to eat peanut butter sandwiches at the same time he purchased two homes? Read More Fact Checking Barnes’ “Crumbs” Ad: Do Choosy Tax Delinquents Choose Jif?

MI Analysis: Gov. Evers’ Missed Opportunities In His State Of The State Address

By MacIverNews - January 24, 2020

Analysis, Criminal Justice Reform, Dairy Crisis, Education spending, Evers, Evers Taxes, Farmers, Gov. Evers, Gov. Tony Evers, Manufacturing and Agriculture Tax Credit, Marijuana, Redistricting, SOS, State of the State, Student Achievement, Student Debt, Tony Evers, Tuition, Tuition Freeze, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Educational Crisis, Wisconsin State Budget

Gov. Evers’ had a golden opportunity to rise above partisan politics and to lay out his vision for Wisconsin. Our full analysis of the speech reveals how he let that slip away by what he chose to say, and almost more importantly, what he left out. Read More MI Analysis: Gov. Evers’ Missed Opportunities In His State Of The State Address

MacIver News Minute: A Math Problem For Tax-And-Spend Liberals

By Chris Rochester - June 25, 2019

2019-21 Budget, Gov. Tony Evers, Income Tax Cut, Manufacturing and Agriculture Tax Credit, Tax Cuts

With summer school about underway, here’s a word problem for Madison liberals: If Tony takes away money from some people to give it to other people, is that a tax cut, or is it redistribution of wealth? Gov. Evers raises taxes north of a half-billion to finance his tax cut plan, while the GOP’s tax cut is funded from surplus state revenue. Read More MacIver News Minute: A Math Problem For Tax-And-Spend Liberals

In Case You Missed It: Deficit Soaring, Evers’ Tax Plan Could Harm Manufacturers, and Analysis of Paid Family Leave

By MacIver Institute - April 12, 2019

2019-21 Budget, Deficit Spending, Federal Debt, Gov. Tony Evers, Interest Rates, Joint Finance Committee, Manufacturing and Agriculture Tax Credit, National Debt, Paid Family Leave, Sen. Marco Rubio

Happy Friday! This week the Joint Finance Committee continued its listening sessions in Oak Creek. The MacIver Institute was there and provided live coverage of it. To keep up-to-date on all the happenings, be sure to follow us on Twitter. It’s Masters Weekend, so while you wait for Tiger Woods to tee off, here are a few important articles for the fiscal conservative, in case you missed it. Read More In Case You Missed It: Deficit Soaring, Evers’ Tax Plan Could Harm Manufacturers, and Analysis of Paid Family Leave

Manufacturers Warn Evers’ Tax Hike Could Force Companies To Make Moving Choices

By Matt Kittle - April 8, 2019

Budget, Budget Hearing, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Jim Doyle, Jobs, Manufacturing and Agriculture Tax Credit, Mitch Benson, Prent, Scott Walker, Tax, Tony Evers

By M.D. Kittle – In an increasingly competitive global marketplace, businesses have lots of choices. Ultimately, business owners go where it makes most sense to do business. That’s something tax-and-spend liberals never seem to get. Read More Manufacturers Warn Evers’ Tax Hike Could Force Companies To Make Moving Choices