The state controls property tax in Wisconsin? It’s a county matter here.
We have State, County and City levies in Wisconsin.
But Walker passed reforms that prohibited the locals from raising tax levies beyond the rate of inflation. This stopped local school districts from soaking their taxpayers.
Then ACT 10 forced all State workers to take a 5-8 percent pay cut by having to contribute toward their benefits and retirement funds. That put surpluses in most of the locals budgets and outside of MKE and Madison the taxes went way down.
It has been five years and our services are just as good as they’ve ever been. No drop off. But we pay a lot less. It has been meaningful. And that’s before we get to some smaller but meaningful state income tax reductions Walker made.