Economic Snapshot
Attacks on public-sector workers hurt working people and benefit the wealthy: Share of tax cuts received following attacks on Wisconsin public workers, by income group, 2013–2014
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Highest-income households | 49% |
Second-highest-income households | 24% |
Bottom 60% of households | 27% |
Source: Tamarine Cornelius and Jon Peacock, Breaking with Tradition: How Wisconsin Lawmakers Have Shortchanged a Legacy of Investment in the State’s Future, Wisconsin Budget Project, August 6, 2014.
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