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Tara Johnson 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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Tara Johnson strongly opposes current state limits on how much money local governments and schools can tax and spend

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Believes it is hypocritical for the state, which cannot pass a balanced budget, to tell local governments how much they can tax and spend. "When and if Madison is able to pass a balance budget, I'd be happy to listen to them," Johnson said.

Tara Johnson 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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Opposed to the Taxpayer Protection Amendment and the previous Taxpayer Bill of Rights.

Tara Johnson opposes a single-rate income tax system in Wisconsin

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Opposed to a flat-tax system. Believes it would disproportionally tax poor people.

Tara Johnson opposes shifting a greater proportion of local government funding from property taxes to sales taxes

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Believes it doesn't make sense. Calls a shift to sales taxes a "stick a finger in the dike" solution to funding problems. Believes it might work in La Crosse County because it is a retail center, but not in other counties which do not have much retail business.