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PRESS RELEASES
July 09, 2007
Wisconsin Club for Growth Launches Campaign Against Senate Tax Hike
Sun Prairie, WI ---- Wisconsin Club for Growth, Inc., began a statewide radio campaign today criticizing State Senate Democrats for voting to raise taxes and fees and forcing Wisconsin workers to fund a massive new government health care plan.
The ad says, “State Senate Democrats just passed a budget with over $18 billion dollars in new taxes. The biggest chunk would come right out of our pay checks to fund a government run health care plan. The plan covers nearly everyone --- even those who don’t work and aren’t Wisconsin residents. Even Governor Doylerealizes the Senate Democrats plan is unrealistic.”
The new payroll tax could go as high as 16% with employers paying up to 12% and employees paying 4%. Self employed people will pay 10% of their social security wages. Senate Democrats estimate the program will cost $15.2 billion dollars when fully implemented but no actuarial study has been released on the plan which passed only 24 hoursafter it was introduced.
An actuarial study of The Wisconsin Health Plan, a similar government run health program, found actual costs exceeded estimated revenues by billions of dollars.
The Club for Growth is a national network of over 40,000 men and women, from all walks of life, who believe that prosperity and opportunity come through economic freedom.
Wisconsin Club for Growth, Inc. is dedicated to informing, educating and rallying citizens of Wisconsin to embrace and enact policies that lead to sustained economic growth, limited government, and minimal taxation.
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