2021-23 Budget Survey

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Legislative and Budget Priorities

How do you think Wisconsin is doing as a state?

Great, headed in the right direction
Good, pleased with the progress made
Neutral
Not good, headed in the wrong direction

As legislators work on the 2021-23 budget, what should their top priorities be in the two-year spending plan?

(Select all that apply. )

Investing in K-12 Schools

Yes
No

Funding Higher Education

Yes
No

Economic Development

Yes
No

Expanding Welfare

Yes
No

Fixing our roads and bridges

Yes
No

Cutting taxes

Yes
No

Other

The state of Wisconsin is heading into the next budget cycle with more than a billion dollar surplus and a large amount of financial assistance from the federal government. Should the state borrow nearly $3.6 billion and raise taxes by more than $1 billion, as the governor has proposed?

Yes
No

Last session, legislative Republicans invested more than $40 million in Broadband expansion grants. Should the state invest even more money to provide high-speed internet services in unserved areas of Wisconsin?

Yes
No

Do you support the following reforms to public benefit programs?

(Select all that apply.)

Drug-screening for welfare recipients with treatment programs for those who test positive

Yes
No

Additional job training for able-bodied welfare recipients to help them find work

Yes
No

Work requirement for food stamp benefits for able-bodied adults without school-aged children

Yes
No

Drug-screening for unemployment benefits

Yes
No

Governor Evers’ budget doubles the state energy tax, which will cause electric bills to increase for Wisconsin businesses and residential consumers? Do you support that tax increase?

Yes
No

Under what circumstances should the Wisconsin Legislature legalize marijuana use?

Medicinal
Recreational
Both recreational and medicinal
Neither

Do you support Governor Evers' proposal to allow counties to raise the sales tax by an additional 0.5 percent?

Yes
No
Undecided

What would you like the Legislature to focus on to improve educational outcomes in the state?

Allowing retired teachers to come back as substitutes without negatively impacting their pensions
Providing incentives to school districts to return students to in-person learning
Increasing per-pupil spending
Allowing school districts to choose an earlier start date for their school year

Please rank the following strategies for dealing with our ground and surface water contamination issues based on which you feel is the most important:

1 being most important to 4 being least important

Providing incentives to farmers to implement innovative conservation practices

Increasing low-cost loans ot homeowners with contaminated wells or failing septic systems

Establishing a nitrate pilot program to research best practices for reducing nitrogen in drinking water

Banning coal tar sealants and other carcinogen-containing products that are known to pollute groundwater

Rate your Elected Official

rating system: 5=very satisfied, 4=satisfied, 3=somewhat satisfied, 2=somewhat dissatisfied, 1=very dissatisfied)

State Representative Joel Kitchens

State Senator Andre Jacque

Congressman Mike Gallagher

Governor Tony Evers