August 31, 2019

The Capital Times: Labor Report Chronicles Severe Decline of Unions in Wisconsin

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On the gap between rich and poor, the report cites an Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy analysis that shows that the top 1% of Wisconsin earners pay and average of 7.7% of their income in state and local taxes. Nearly all other families pay more than 10 percent, which continually widens the gap.

The report calls the gap “one of the defining features of the U.S. economy” and notes that while the gap isn’t as extreme in Wisconsin as in other states, it’s still at record levels and rising. Read more



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