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Mandela Barnes: “We have to get school funding off of the property tax rolls.”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 30:12

All, all candidates agreeing to across the board property tax decrease. We'll start with you, Mr. Barnes. How would you make that happen? Well, first of all, We have to get school funding off of the property tax rolls. That's the Biggest thing, the reason we have seen these historic property tax increases is again, because communities all across the state of Wisconsin have voted to raise their own property taxes just to keep the doors open. (30:12–30:16)

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Asserts that school funding should not rely on property taxes.

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