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Related: About this forumVeterans protest GOP limits on veterans tax credits, and Walker isn't happy
http://journaltimes.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/d2ccd0de-d26c-55c9-b0ad-1ae963b2a5ff.htmlVeterans groups are rising up against what they consider a shameful move by Republican state lawmakers to strap limits on a popular tax credit for 100 percent disabled veterans and surviving spouses.
A spokesman for Gov. Scott Walker said Wednesday that he wants the Legislature to fix the issue.
The Legislatures budget committee added the restrictions as part of a tax bill it passed last week.
Apparently, some Joint Finance Committee members feel the sacrifices made by severely wounded, injured and ill veterans are just another budget item, said Al LaBelle, legislative director of the Disabled American Veterans of Wisconsin. Balancing the budget on the backs of these severely injured heroes is shameful.
The limits were introduced by committee co-chairs Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, and Rep. John Nygren, R-Marinette, and passed 12-4 on a party-line vote, said Rick Olin, a fiscal analyst for the Legislative Fiscal Bureau who provided the panel with alternatives for changing the credit.
Darling didnt return phone calls seeking comments, but a Nygren spokeswoman said the limits would protect the tax credits.
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Veterans protest GOP limits on veterans tax credits, and Walker isn't happy (Original Post)
hue
Jun 2013
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life long demo
(1,113 posts)1. There goes the gop "taking care" of our veterans again
I'll never understand why so many veterans or active duty servicemen even vote for the gop.
madrchsod
(58,162 posts)2. well that`s really a brilliant idea...
i've taken my brother in law to the va in madison several times and it was a real eye opener. there were guys from the korean war to today`s latest war of the day. these men are more beat up than the men i've seen in the regular hospitals i have been in.
i think bert and johnnie boy should spend a day at the va hospital asking people what they think of taking away their tax credit.