evidence: The governor tweaked the plan using his veto authority in 50 largely minor areas but left intact the centerpiece of the Republican plan — a more than $2 billion tax cut package that would reduce the state's third tax bracket for about half of Wisconsin residents to 5.3%. [...] Some Republicans praised Evers for signing the budget they wrote while taking shots at him for touting a tax cut after proposing a budget that would have increased taxes on capital gains and large manufacturers. Evers’ initial version of the budget included both tax increases and tax cuts and would have resulted in a net increase in taxes of about $1 billion over two years. "The taxpayers of Wisconsin should be celebrating the fact that today Governor Evers has done an about-face on his plan to raise taxes by more than a billion dollars and instead signed a Republican spending plan that delivers significant tax relief," said a statement from Assembly Majority Leader Jim Steineke of Kaukauna.