DPW Statement On Koch Brothers' Latest Tammy Baldwin Smear

“The dishonest smear attacks continue as out-of-state special interests pour in millions of dollars to take down Tammy Baldwin and replace her with someone willing to sell out Wisconsin families. The truth is, Tammy supports tax cuts for Wisconsin working families, while far-right ideologue Leah Vukmir and Illinois megadonor puppet Kevin Nicholson want to raise taxes on hardworking Wisconsinites so they can gift huge tax cuts to the out-of-state billionaires funding these smear ads.” 

Background:

In early October, Senator Tammy Baldwin and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) reintroduced the “Stronger Way Act,” tax reform legislation that would “raise incomes for low- and middle-income families by expanding earned income tax credits and strengthening child tax credits. It would also boost transitional jobs programs.”

And just last week, Senator Baldwin introduced another tax reform proposal that would help small businesses in Wisconsin and across the country by “increas[ing] a tax deduction for business startups by fourfold.”

By contrast, right-wing State Senator Leah Vukmir and out-of-state billionaire puppet Kevin Nicholson have endorsed the GOP tax plan that sends 80% of tax cuts to the wealthiest 1% of Americans, while hiking taxes on working families.