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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Brian J. Scott performed like an acrobat in writing his letter to the editor (“Evers missed great opportunity to lower Wisconsin’s tax burden,” March 31).

While holding his hand out, hoping to catch a tax break, he achieved the "wow" factor.

He said married couples deserve a tax credit to help “promote legal marriage and nuclear families.” Scott says he paid Wisconsin taxes all of his life and thought that a tax credit would be a demonstration of appreciation for satisfying his financial obligation. I am unaware of any discussion in the capitol building about pats on the back for married couples.

Also in the March 31 paper was a piece about the cost of childcare in Wisconsin. The average cost for one year of care for an infant age one or under is over $17,000 in Milwaukee County (“Average child care cost exceeds UW in-state tuition.”)

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Thanks for nothing, Evers.Excluding couples, retirees from tax relief is wrong.

Voters should determine when a politician leaves office.Not term limits.

Scott suggests that our state's "already generous child tax credit" could be reduced so that other residents might have a piece of the pie. Consider this: young parents are paying more for a year of childcare than parents pay for a year of college in the University of Wisconsin. Yet, he wishes for tax relief through a retiree tax credit funded by reducing credits for children.

When it comes to taxes, we pay for what we get. We currently have an education system that no longer receives two thirds of its funding from the state, as was initially conceived in the last century. We have bridges and highways that need to be fixed and the estimated cost continues to increase while we discuss. We have legislators paid nicely for working less than six months of the year.

These are the problems that deserve our attention. If Scott truly believes that his status as a married taxpayer of many years deserves recognition, perhaps his state senator could send him a Hallmark card.

Karen J. Kaminsky, Bayside

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