Wisconsin Farmers Push Land Tax Reform To Aid Education
Wisconsin Rural Development Center members urged the Senate committee to replace land value taxation for education with a system based on land productivity. Farmers like Don Rudolf of Door County argued current assessments ignore debt and equity, fueling speculative price rises. Other witnesses cited reassessment shocks, absentee ownership, and tax loss farming as distortions, backing Feingold’s call for targeted relief and reform now.
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Wisconsin Rural Development Center
Wisconsin Senate Committee On Aging, Banking, Commercial Credit and Taxation
Wisconsin
Rudolf
Elkhorn
Paul Nelson
Senate
Walworth County
Nelson
Cedar Creek
Iowa County
Mike Gingrich
Senate Committee
Gingrich
Wyoming Township
Mr. Gingrich
Cannell
Senate Committee On Aging, Banking, Commercial Credit
Richland County
Mike Cannell
Farmers Union chief blasts property taxes as income tax relief urged
Wisconsin Farmers Union President Leland Mulder told the Assembly committee that property taxes are prohibitive and demand action before income tax cuts. He urged reallocating 132 million to school funding, revaluing land sales, and warned farmers risk losing land while the Saturn plant draws attention.
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Farmers Union
Wisconsin Farmers Union
Leland Mulder
Anthony Earl
Mulder
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WRDC
Don Rudolf
Door County
Las Vegas
Rudolph
Lake Michigan
Green Bay
Mr. Rudolf
Mr. Nelson
Senator Russell Feingold
Russell Feingold
Feingold
Russ Vanderboom
Ercantile
DIST
Publia Survey
Tratior
Assembly Joint Finance Committee
Assembly
Department of Revenue
Saturn