Conservatively Speaking
State Senator Mary Lazich (R-New Berlin) represents parts of four counties: Milwaukee, Waukesha, Racine, and Walworth. Her Senate District 28 includes New Berlin, Franklin, Greendale, Hales Corners, Muskego, Waterford, Big Bend and parts of Greenfield, East Troy, and Mukwonago. Senator Lazich has been in the Legislature for more than a decade. She considers herself a tireless crusader for lower taxes, reduced spending and smaller government.
Wisconsin debt service explodes
By Mary Lazich
Tuesday, Jul 22 2008, 11:36 AM
More bad news for Wisconsin’s fiscal situation. The non-partisan Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance (WISTAX) reports, “Wisconsin state and local governments devoted a larger share of state personal income to debt service in 2006 than all but nine other states.”
WISTAX came to its conclusion using new U.S. Census figures. “State government ranked 13th in the amount of personal income spent on debt service (0.53% vs. 0.37%, U.S. average), while all local governments combined ranked 21st (0.40% of income), almost 14% below the national norm (0.47%).”
Here’s the WISTAX news release.
