Tag: gas taxes

For followers of this blog, you know that I have suggested on several occasions, that Governor Walker raise the gasoline tax in Wisconsin and get on with fixing our state, county and local roadways. The non-interstate roadways have become an embarrassment are are down right dangerous in some areas as…

In a piece at Urban Milwaukee, Steve Walter posits 12 Key State Budget Decisions with brief descriptions from Governor Walker’s 2017-2019 biennial Wisconsin budget and asks if we are for or against. I will take a stab at each one…one at a time: 6. Highway funding: Walker’s budget does not…

No, not Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, the verified leader in kick the can, but our very own President Donald Trump. Go figure: President Donald Trump on Monday said he will explore the possibility of higher gasoline and diesel fuel taxes, suggesting an increase could pay for his ambitious infrastructure plan….

I’ve been working on this one in the back of my head for a while but after writing about the arcane thinking in Madison about private school tax credits, I am going for it now. And this will be brief cause I am not bringing in links or quotes or…