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Mandela Barnes: “People are voting to raise their own taxes just to keep the…”

Featuring: Mandela Barnes, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Wisconsin

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Interview with Mandela Barnes for Governor

Published | Video Starts at 14:31

And because of the fact that the legislature has abdicated their responsibility, what we see is school districts and communities going to referendum every election cycle, almost every year, it feels like there's an historic number of referendum questions. And these are people who People are voting to raise their own taxes just to keep the doors open in these school buildings. And with these referendum questions and increase in property tax, people have had enough. They're getting sticker shock. (14:31–14:36)

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Asserts that Wisconsin residents are voting to increase taxes to maintain school operations.

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