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Article: CAPITOL WEEK; Gas tax increase actually not as big as some others
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- April 24, 2005
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It may be little comfort to the droves of drivers in Waukesha,
Racine, Ozaukee and Washington counties, but the state gas tax,
despite its recent bad press, has not increased as much over the
years as some other taxes.
That is the analysis of the Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance, which
recently took a hard look at the taxes most people in Wisconsin pay
the individual income tax, sales tax and gas tax and compared their
rates of increase since 1985.
That year marked the start of the automatic annual indexing of the
gas tax a maneuver several legislators criticized recently, calling
it an unlegislated tax increase.
This year's April 1 increase in the state gas tax garnered extra
attention ...