Governor Doyle seeks huge tax increase

A proposed state tax on oil company profits will inevitably be passed on to consumers at the pump, a report to be released today says.

The Wisconsin Policy Research Institute, a conservative think tank based in Thiensville, contends that a provision in the proposal aimed at keeping the tax from being passed on to consumers will be overturned in court, as has happened in other states.

Doyle's Revenue Secretary Michael Morgan foresees no problems for his department to enforce a provision that would bar oil companies from passing on the tax at the pump.

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Doyle and his cronies never pass up a chance to be dishonest about tax increases.