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Dave Hegenbarth 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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Dave Hegenbarth supports current state limits on how much money local governments and schools can tax and spend

Supports current limits on the amounts local governments and schools can tax and spend.

Dave Hegenbarth strongly supports a Taxpayer Protection Amendment to the state Constitution, which could impose even further limits on local school and government revenues

Believes the state taxes too much already, and that government needs to live within its means. Believes taxpayers need protection from higher taxes.

Dave Hegenbarth strongly supports a single-rate income tax system in Wisconsin

Strongly supports a flat tax in Wisconsin. Believes it would do wonders for tax code simplification. Believes a person who makes twice as much money as he does should pay twice as much taxes, and a person who makes half as much should pay have as much taxes.

Dave Hegenbarth supports shifting a greater proportion of local government funding from property taxes to sales taxes

Believes the state needs to do everything it can to move away from property taxes, and it would be a wise move to consider moving taxes to sales taxes.