ok, first I must address what is obvious to me. That is that "in-state tuition" does not necessarily mean "subsidize ... courtesy of the Wisconsin taxpayers." It just means that the person(s) would be allowed to pay a lower tuition fee like an in-state resident does.
Then, I'd have to say if it was subsidized, the citizen's should be totally outraged!
I'm an American citizen and I can't get any help such as this. I make too much money. And, even my nephew whose parents split and he was on his own. He didn't make a whole lot of money and tried to get assistance from the college. No go! Sad.
The way I always understood in-state vs out-of-state tutiton was that the cost of attending a college was $20,000 per year, for example. In-state students paid 20% of that; taxpayers the rest. Out-of-state students paid 80%; with the taxpayers picking up the remainder. Taxpayers subsidize the cost in both cases, the way I understood it.