Reality Check: Taxpayers Pay For Lobbying

Colin Benedict on Channel3000:

Wisconsin taxpayers are paying millions to lobby state lawmakers, in many cases, for more money.

Dane County does it too -- it spent nearly $175,000 last session, WISC-TV reported. Part of it was for more money from the state to pay for county nursing home patients, and Dane County argued against the taxpayer bill of rights.

Rock County spent about $6,400 on similar issues, WISC-TV reported.

Schools do this as well. The Madison Metropolitan School District spent $133,000 on lobbying, with some of the tax money spent trying to get more tax money into the classrooms.

The district is on record fighting against revenue limits and against limits to local control, WISC-TV reported.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at March 20, 2007 7:33 PM
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