MADISON, Wis. — Last week, reporting revealed Congressman Tom Tiffany privately told supporters that he wanted to eliminate the state income tax entirely, which would either require nearly tripling the sales tax to the highest level in the country or gut funding for essential programs — all while giving massive breaks to his wealthy donors. Eliminating the income tax would cut the state’s general fund nearly in half, meaning drastic funding cuts for schools, healthcare, public safety, and property tax relief.

Here are five questions Congressman Tom Tiffany should answer about his costly tax scheme:

  1. You have previously gutted funding for public schools and opposed funding for healthcare programs, public safety, and property tax relief — how would you choose which agency to cut first?
  2. More funding for public schools, healthcare programs, public safety, and property tax relief is extremely popular with Wisconsinites — knowing that, why would you propose to cut funding?
  3. MAGA billionaires have given you millions in funding. Eliminating the state income tax would save them an extraordinary amount of money while cutting essential programs for working Wisconsinites. Are the billionaires funding your campaign pushing for this?
  4. This tax plan would raise Wisconsin’s sales tax to among the highest in the nation if it were allowed to rise to recoup lost revenue. Why would you propose a policy that makes Wisconsinites pay more?
  5. How are you going to pay for public schools, healthcare programs, public safety, or property tax relief funded by the income tax?