If you meet ALL of the following conditions, you might not see a tax increase courtesy the Daughter-of-Necrobudget:
- You must make less than $300,000 per year in reported income
- None of your earnings can be from capital gains
- You must not drive
- You must not smoke (unless you shop at an Indian reservation tobacco store)
- You must not drink
- You must not get sick enough to enter a hospital or urgent care center
- You must not purchase over-the-counter drugs
- You must not buy downloaded software, songs or videos
- You must not shop in Milwaukee County, Calumet County, Winnebago County, Outagamie County, Eau Claire County, Chippewa County, or the urbanized portion of Dane County
- You must not shop at a business or buy from a business that has operations both within and outside of Wisconsin
- You must not own a business
- You must not rent a vehicle in Milwaukee County, Racine County or Kenosha County
- You must not own any real estate
- You must not own a phone
If you can claim all of the above, you just might not see a tax increase. There might be some dope dealers and users that meet all this, but the rest of us will be seeing a tax increase.
Revisions/extensions (4:54 pm 6/15/2009) – Fred decided to add to the list some over at the MacIver Institute. In addition to those who rent real estate…
- You must not operate a power boat.
- You must not operate any small engines requiring gas for operation.
I’m sure there’s more restrictions on who doesn’t get their taxes raised.
Nah, even the dope dealers and users have cellphones!
Those phones will be out-of-state numbers.
I notice you didn’t list “you must not breathe.” I knew they’d get around to taxing the air, too. (And I’m surprised legislature hasn’t thought of it.)
That might be somewhere in the budget; I didn’t have time to go through all 1,900 pages of it.
You missed people who rent real estate. They will pay for the higher property taxes in increased rent.
•You must not smoke (unless you shop at an Indian reservation tobacco store)
Well, not really. The Indians raise their prices in concert with Wisconsin and Federal taxes. So while one will not pay the tax directly, one WILL pay “for” the tax.
However, overseas-purchased butts are extremely reasonable.
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This is exactly why my wife and I, lifelong WI residents, left the state after one year of marriage to Nashville Tennessee. Our wages have gone up, our standard of living has gone up, and WI has gotten worse. It’s not a huge difference until you leave, then you actually realize that struggling, living in poverty, not finding good employment is NOT the norm in America.
God bless the real America.
Thanks for a intresting read, i taken alot of this onboard and will return to your blog
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