HEIL 'LUCKY' IN ESCAPING FULL WRATH OF TAXPAYERS, JOURNAL ARTICLE CHARGES
Heil 'Lucky' in Escaping FullWrath of Taxpayers, Journal Article Charges Governors Bills Would Have Hiked Taxes Enormously GOV. HEIL'S victory in winning r Republican convention endorsement of his...
...In its article The Milwaukee Journal reveals that one Republican senator took violent exception to remarks made by Heil regarding the gross income tax he proposed...
...One bill from the governor's office would have boosted the tax on liquor by $3,250,000, the tax on beer by $2,000,000...
...on soft drinks $1,000,000, on amusements $600,000, and on new automobiles $1,800,000...
...Throughout the long, hot summer of 1939 the legislators struggled with tax legislation...
...The article points out that if Heil had had his way during the 1939 legislature, state taxes would have been increased tremendously...
...The Republican legislators turned to Heil and said: "You are boasting that you will be re-elected in 1940 by such a big majority...
...The Milwaukee Journal analysis maintains...
...Hcil's attempt to slap these new taxes on the people was thwarted by the legislature, and Heil is now claiming credit for that action...
...Heil had told Republican legislators that he would take full responsibility for the new taxes, and in spite of the additional burdens, would be elected by a bigger majority than in 1938...
...Heil has his legislators to thank for much of his good political fortune...
...HEIL'S victory in winning r Republican convention endorsement of his record shows how "lucky" the governor has been drVng his term of office...
...This measure would have raised $52,000,000 by taxing all of the essentials of life, including food and clothing...
...This bill is a sales tax...
...I'm voting against your bill and if you want to come in my district to campaign against me, you are welcome to do so...
...There were drastic new income tax bills, one of which would have created 108,000 new taxpayers...
...Republicans, of course, are silent on the new taxes that were passed, chiefly on small incomes, and on the nearly $4,000,000 worth of rebates and refunds for utilities and large estates voted by both Heil and the legislature...
...A general 3 per cent sales tax proposed by the governor's office never got beyond the Republican caucus when first proposed, and many weeks later, it was quickly knocked down...
...Throughout the earlier months of the session there was no indication from the executive ofice as to what kind of a tax bill was desired, but in June, when leadership was demanded, bills from the governor and his advisors popped up every week, and by fall the lawmakers were dizzy...
...pure and simple, regardless of how you may describe it...
...I want to tell you that if this gross income bill is enacted and you sign it, you won't even be nominated in 1940...
...Thus...
...There were bills for sales taxes and gross income taxes and proposed taxes on luxuries...
...The Milwaukee Journal noted recently In an analysis of the Heil administration...
...That is just a sample...
Vol. 10 • June 1940 • No. 25
