Pretend you were a Republican governor
signing a budget that included $2.3 billion in tax cuts over 10 years, and in which:
All of the new tax cuts benefit corporations or wealthy Wisconsinites. However, two other changes in the budget bill will raise taxes for seniors and low-wage workers by $70 million over the next two years...
Where would you choose to hold your signing ceremony for that budget?
Wisconsin's Scott Walker thought he had found the perfect place. At a business owned by a man once convicted of felony tax evasion. In 1995, Greg DeCaster, the owner of Badger Sheet Metal Works, was convicted of multiple tax felonies and sentenced to three months in prison and two years of supervised release.
After the story of DeCaster's past broke today, Walker's office announced they would be changing the event's location. Since it was scheduled for Sunday, they're on a tight schedule to find a new poster boy for Wisconsin's budget.