By Meg Ellefson
Jan 30, 2021 5:50 PM
Governor Tony Evers has stated that Wisconsin Republicans repealing his statewide mask mandate is âcomparable to abolishing speed limits.â I wonât even respond to how demented that statement is. The bottom line: The left is hell bent on manipulating peopleâs minds and controlling their lives. The sooner people grasp that, the better.
Itâs not yet Groundhog Day, but it certainly appears that the Republicans in the Wisconsin legislature are afraid of their own shadows. They claimed (through their genius pollsters) that they didnât want to make any move prior to the 2020 election for fear it would jeopardize President Trumpâs re-election. Howâd that work out?
Hunger Task Force workers distribute food at McGovern Park in Milwaukee on Thursday. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
MADISON, Wis. (CN) Wisconsin Republicans on Thursday abruptly dropped plans to terminate a public health emergency the Democratic governor declared over the coronavirus pandemic when it came to light that millions of dollars in federal food stamp funds would be jeopardized if they went through with it.
After the GOP-majority Wisconsin Senate voted on Tuesday in favor of a joint resolution to end Governor Tony Evers’ latest public health emergency order and subsequent mask mandate, the Assembly also controlled by Republicans was slated to do the same Thursday morning. Evers would not have been able to veto the resolution if it passed.
Wisconsin Republicans are drafting legislation that would cut business taxes by $450 million by allowing those that received federal Paycheck Protection Program loans to deduct related purchases on their 2020 state taxes.
The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), formed under the CARES Act last year, awarded forgivable tax-free loans to businesses facing financial losses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Because that money was not taxed as income, the Internal Revenue Service determined expenditures paid with those funds are not tax deductible under current federal and state laws.
Congress last month passed a law on the federal level overriding the IRSâ decision and allowing businesses to deduct payments made with PPP funds, but Wisconsin has not yet made that change at the state level. Because that legislation has not been passed in the state, the Department of Revenue is following the IRS determination that expenditures paid with PPP cannot be deducted.