LARGEST TAX BURDEN IN FIVE YEARS UNDER KOHLER, SAYS PHIL
Largest Tax Burden in Five Years Under Kohler, Says Phil La Follette Presents Tables Showing Mounting Costs Under Present Regime BOSCOBEL, Wis.That the "common sense business administration"...
...During 1925 and 1926 there was no state tax on general properly whatever...
...He declared the compilation had just been completed...
...Kohler's administration and that the general fund of the state had been drained of $4,-000,000 more for expenses this year than in the previous fiscal year...
...The Kohler state tax levy last year, with the 'common sense business administration' at the helm was $4,296,778 and no tax relief is in sight during the remainder of his regime...
...This increase in expenditures was greater than any during the last 10 years except one...
...Capital expenditures for the normal schools decreased from $423,799 to $315,163 and those for the charitable and penal institutions from $604,552 to $340,655...
...La Follette said expenses of all departments of government had gone up 5.38 per cent in the past year...
...During two of the years of Gov...
...have been eliminated...
...Blaine's Progressive administration there were marked decreases In net expenditures...
...The net disbursements from nil funds includes many items over which the administration has no control...
...Unemployment Great "At a time when the unemployment situation was so acute this illusory economy in public construction seems impossible to defend...
...The average yearly increase for the last five years lias been 8.65 for cent and for the last ten years 8.12...
...This was by far the largest state tax on farms, homes and other real property during the last five years...
...Much has been marie ot the con-solidatlpn program as a source of economy...
...La Follette read from tables compiled from records In the office of the state department to substantiate his statements...
...The promised 'common sense business administration' of Gov...
...Kohler in his campaign for election two years ago stood on a platform plank which declared: 'The practical way to reduce taxes is to reduce expenditures through economy and common sense business administration.' "The first fruits of that 'common sense business administration' have now been harvested and accounted for in an analysis of results issued by the state department...
...Kohler has failed in its pledge to 'reduce taxes.' He vetoed the tax reduction bill of the last session which took a part of the heavy burden off the small earners and placed it on those having large Incomes...
...1923 33.337.828 2,674.183 7.43 1922 36,012,011 2.791,660 8.40 1921 33.220,351 5,131,979 13.38 1920 38.352,330 Average Increase for (en rear neriod 5 07 "In computing net disbursements for 1930, refunds were not available, but were estimated at the same percentage of total disbursements before refunds as in 1929...
...For the first year of the 'common sense business administration' there was levied the largest stale tax on farms, homes and other real property that has been levied in five years...
...This table includes all stale funds after transfers, refunds, agency transactions etc...
...Blaine Eliminated Tax "For the last two year.s of Gov...
...A large chart similar to those employed by his father when campaigning years ago was used to graphically portray the story...
...The gross disbursements of the combined department of agriculture and markets, for example, in 1930 were $1,-395,413, as against $1,402,227 for the same department In 1929 before consolidation, a decrease of less than one-half per cent...
...Fund Income 8,681.672 8,633,370 48,302 .56 Normal Fund Inrome 2,423,755 2,348,610 75,145 2.10 Teachers' Retirement Fund 710,563 696,417 14,146 1.99 Conservation Fund 814,919 867,943 53,024 6.51 Soldiers Rehabilitation 112,726 109,538 3,188 2.83 Total $57,230,699 $59,983,839 52.753,140 4.81 Misc...
...The expenditures of the last fiscal year were thus 25 per cent higher than those of the fiscal year ending in 1927...
...Blaine's Progressive administration not a dollar of state taxes was levied...
...Spent 4 Millions More "For the last fiscal year the 'common sense business administration' cost the people of Wisconsin $4,000,000 more than was spent out of the general fund during the fiscal year 1929...
...This Increase represents 5.38 per cent and exceeds percentage for the last ten years which was 5.07...
...La Follette said: "Gov...
...Largest Tax Burden in Five Years Under Kohler, Says Phil La Follette Presents Tables Showing Mounting Costs Under Present Regime BOSCOBEL, Wis.That the "common sense business administration" pledged by Gov...
...His administration has failed to redeem its promise to reduce expenditures through economy...
...Net Disbursements of General Fund [1920 to 19301 hlsc.il i ear Net Disbursements Inrrease Over Preceding Year Ending Amount Percent 1930 $40,862,740 $4,124,518 11.23% 1929 36,738,192 267.703 .73 1928 36,470.483 4,000.619 12.32 1927 32.169,864 5,842,642 2.19 1926 26,627,222 3,831,594 16.81 Average of last five years: 8.65 1925 22,795.628 923,163 4.22 1924 21,872.465 1.091,045 5.26 1923 20.781,420 2.814.471 12.04 1922 23,626,130 3.442.431 17.06 1921 20,183.699 3,829,130 23.41 1920 16,354.569 Average of entire (en years: 8.12 "Note: In computing net disbursements for fiscal year ending In 1930, re funds were not available, but were estimated at the same percentage of disbursements before refunds as In 1929...
...They show that during the last fiscal year expenditures for capital expenditures for the university amounted to only $436,581 as compared with $965,159 in 1929...
...Increase in Cost of Stale Government ["1920 to 19301 Fund Act Disbursements in 1929 Net Disbursement* in 1930 Increase Percent General Fund $36,738,192 $40,862,740 $4,124,548 11.23% School Fund Income 2,103,505 293,691 1,809,814 86.04 Public School Fund Income 5,615,367 6.171,530 526.163 9.32 Univ...
...that the largest tax burden in five years had been levied under Gov...
...It is estimated that the Kohler administration spent out of the general fund, during the fiscal year 1929-30, over $4,000,000 more thati was spent during the fiscal year 1928-29...
...The state department is the bookkeeping office of the state government...
...This compares with an expenditure of $32,489,864 made during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1927, the last year of a Progressive administration...
...It includes most of the outlays for the actual administration of government...
...Figures from the secretary of state's office lend color to this suspicion...
...Holds Up Construction "There have been rumors from time to time that the governor has been holding back construction work in order to improve the appearance of the financial records of his administration...
...The percentage Increase during the last fiscal year was 11.23 per cent...
...Whatever benefit or harm has resulted from the changes In governmental machinery little or no sarng to the tax payers has resulted...
...No Saving to Taxpayer "Changes In school fund accounting make the increase in disbursements from all funds appear more conservative than It really Is...
...These figures are official and final except for certain refunds which were estimated at the same percentage as those of tile preceding year.| "It should be slated that the expenditures from the general fund for the last fiscal year would have appealed even greater had it not been for the fact that the Capitol Annex Is being built out of state Insurance funds and that university fees no longer pass through the general funds, Expenditures Mount "The net disbursements from the Net Disbursements from All Funds [Ito 19301 fiscal lear Net Disbursements Inrrease Over Preceding year Ending Amount Percent 1930 $6fl.520,323» $3,088,949 5.38 1929 57,431,374 5,953,303 11.56 1928 51,478.071 3,294.151 6.84 1927 48,183,920 7,148.092 17.42 1926 41,035.828 5.161,422 15.35 Average Increase last five years: 11.31 1925 35,574.40fi 896,028 2.58 1924 34,678.378 1,340,550 4.0...
...The net disbursements from the general fund Is the best Index of the economy of an administration...
...Wisconsin business adventures in poluics has succeeded singularly in saddling more tax burden.' upon the common people...
...The state tax on properly during the fliist year of the present administration was $4,296,778...
...For the last fiscal year of the Kohler 'business' administration net disbursements of all state funds 'increased from $57,431,374 in 1929 to $60,520,323 in 1930...
...This is an advance of 5.38 per cent...
...Kohler two years ago has achieved the "singular distinction" of placing higher tax burdens on the people was the charge made by Philip F. La Follette, candidate for governor, in his address here today...
...Funds 200,675 536,484 335,809 167.34 All Funds $57,431,374 $60,520,323 $3,088,949 5.38% general fund were estimated to be $40,862,740...
...All money due the state must be reported and accounted to this office and every dollar of expenditure must bo recorded, The startling expenses of the Kohler administration have now been added, verified and compared...
...Figures for such disbursements for the last fiscal year show an lncrcnso of over $3,000,000 over slmllur figures of the previous year...
Vol. 1 • August 1930 • No. 37
