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A Symposium on Increasing Tax Yield & Tax Equity
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UNDERFUNDING: A THREAT TO OUR CIVIL SOCIETY A Symposium on Increasing Tax Yield & Tax Equity |
Sponsored by:
Saturday, May 11, 2002, 9 AM to 12:45 PM
State Historical Society Auditorium
816 State Street / UW Library Mall / Madison, Wisconsin
Free and open to the public.Wisconsin's current tax and budget policies have us on a path leading to ever-higher
deficits and more severe budget crises in years to come. If we cannot get beyond
short-term patchwork fixes, inadequate funding will cripple state and local programs
essential to the health of our communities.
This symposium, after defining the problem, will focus on solutions: TAX CHANGES
that will distribute the burden more fairly and still enable the state to meet its
responsibilities. BUDGET POLICIES that emphasize a long-term perspective
and support public investments to broaden our future prosperity.
PROGRAM
Andrew Reschovsky, Professor, LaFollette School of Public Affairs &
Department of Agriculture and Applied Economics, UW Madison
9:35 / What Is At Risk?
Jack Norman, Research Director, Institute for Wisconsin’s Future
With Stakeholder Panel:
Anne Arnesen, Executive Director, Wisconsin Council on Children and Families
Dave Cieslewicz, Executive Director, 1000 Friends of Wisconsin
Ed Huck, Executive Director, Wisconsin Alliance of Cities
And audience participation
10:30 / Break for refreshments
11:00 / The Challenge: Building a "High Road Economy"
Joel Rogers, Professor of Law, Professor of Sociology, Director of
Center on Wisconsin Strategy (COWS), UW Madison
11:40 / Steps in the Right Direction
Jack Norman
With:
Jim Cavanaugh, President, South Central Federation of Labor
Karen Royster, Executive Director, Institute for Wisconsin's Future
Joel Rogers
And audience participation
For further information please contact
The Madison Institute 608.232.4495
Email: TMI@psrmadison.org