High taxes hurt our families and our economy.
As you have correctly pointed out, in a time of economic slowdown and uncertainty it is more important than ever that we allow our hard working families to keep more of the money they earn in their pockets and out of the government's hands. There is no surer way to stimulate the economy of this nation than to lower the tax burden on our citizens. More importantly, however, it is fundamentally immoral for the government to maintain an oppressive tax burden that forces families to make tough decisions in their family budgets simply because we are not willing to make the tough decisions in our government budgets. We want you to know that we stand by your side as you fight for the taxpayers of this nation. Here in Wisconsin, we have been working at the state level to reduce our tax burden as well and have succeeded over the past 5 years in lowering our ranking nationally from the 2nd highest taxes in the nation to the 7th.