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Jeff Smith: “We haven't been doing what we should be doing from the state…”

Featuring: Jeff Smith, Democratic | Wisconsin State Senate, District 31

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Jeff Smith Show: Working for Wisconsin

Published | Video Starts at 24:05

We still have ways to go to catch up. Yeah. And why Wisconsin? We hear all the time complaints about property Taxes. But one of the reasons is because We haven't been doing what we should be doing from the state level, providing the resources needed for local government. and local entities to do. To do your job. And the only other option was to run referendums and ask people to raise their own taxes through property taxes. (24:05–24:13)

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Asserts that the state has not been providing necessary resources for local government.

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