Explore Candidates State Representative District 94 Cheryl Hancock on Taxes and Budget

Cheryl Hancock on Taxes and Budget

The federal government is largely funded by a diversity of different taxes on income and commerce. The relationship between taxes and federal budget is very intimate and historically democrats and republicans have split on how to manage the relationship. This topic includes information about candidate positions on: raising, reducing, and eliminating certain taxes, a federal flat-tax system, and balancing the federal budget.

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Cheryl Hancock opposes current state limits on how much money local governments and schools can tax and spend

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Believes local governments and school boards are elected to make taxing and spending decisions, and have been hampered by state limits and inadequate state funding.

Cheryl Hancock opposes a Taxpayer Protection Amendment to the state Constitution, which could impose even further limits on local school and government revenues

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Believes locally elected officials are the most efficient level of government in Wisconsin, and that a taxpayer protection amendment would further erode their ability to do their jobs.

Cheryl Hancock is neutral on a single-rate income tax system in Wisconsin

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Believes Wisconsin needs to overhaul its tax system to look at property and income taxes to ensure fairness, but did not say whether she supports or opposes a single-rate income tax.

Cheryl Hancock is neutral on shifting a greater proportion of local government funding from property taxes to sales taxes

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Believes property taxpayers are suffering under current leadership, and that every possible solution needs to be considered openly and fairly. Did not say whether she supports or opposes shifting from property to sales taxes.