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Devin LeMahieu: “They had a local government package of bills that lets local…”

Featuring: Devin LeMahieu, Republican | Wisconsin State Senate, District 9

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For the Record: State senate majority leader Devin LeMahieu

Published | Video Starts at 02:57

What's your response to that? Well, if you look at some of the bills they've introduced, they're definitely not worried about holding the line on costs. They had a local government package of bills that lets local governments increase sales taxes by more than almost 20%. increase your sales tax that, you know, low income people are paying when they're buying, just buying clothes and things like that. (02:57–03:05)

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Asserts that a package of bills would allow local governments to increase sales taxes by nearly 20%.

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