Milwaukee Labor Press Article Spells Out Need for Voucher Tax Transparency
Put truth of voucher tax on city bill, MPS asks
By Dominique Paul Noth
Editor, Labor Press
Posted September 18, 2011
The Milwaukee Public Schools board is requesting another group of elected officials, the leaders of the city of Milwaukee, to engage in a flagrant act of truth in advertising and transparency in government.
They are asking for city property tax payers to be told that 17% of what they think they are paying to MPS is never seen by MPS and is actually filling the gaping financial hole the state — with all its revenue streams – left in the private school voucher program.
MPS supporters of the idea emphasize that it’s not a case of raising taxes but telling the public where their tax
