claim: wisconsin is "not a high tax and fee state." when you look at "all the money state and local governments bring in" from residents, "we're more in the middle."
author: mary burke
evidence_1: apr 17, 2017 ... best of all, rather than take away opportunities, swedish taxes expand ... us  critics say that swedes pay 56 percent — so the government takes over half of  your money. ... pay on income over a certain amount in both state and local taxes.  ... so, yes, our income taxes in sweden were higher than in the us, ...
evidence_2: oct 28, 2014 ... wisconsin is "not a high tax and fee state." when you look at "all the money state  and local governments bring in" from residents, "we're more in the middle." --  mary burke, jan. 19, 2014 speech half true: burke's careful ...
evidence_3: apr 6, 2018 ... while all americans are subject to the same federal tax rates, the taxes they pay  to their state and local governments varies depending on where they live. here's  a ... oregon is one of just five states with no sales tax. despite ... minnesota  residents are also taxed more on their income than most americans.
evidence_4: apr 18, 2016 ... how much money a school can spend on its students still depends, in large part,  on local property taxes. and many states aren't doing much to level the field for  poor kids. ... they pay local taxes, and those taxes help pay for local schools. ...  new neighbors were arriving, and many could not read. puritans ...
evidence_5: “i just hope the county doesn't cut the budget,” a local judge told me. ... program  and how much he needed money to keep the program operating. across the  state, local governments – counties, cities, village and towns ... were higher to  wealthier areas as those residents paid more in income taxes on their higher  incomes.