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Mandela Barnes on Tax Reform

 

 


Washington lowers billionaires' taxes, ignores higher prices

In the video, construction workers walk behind Barnes while he speaks. "It meant you looked out for each other. It meant you had each other's backs," Barnes continues, adding that union jobs helped people afford a home, support their families and save for retirement. "That's not the case anymore. Seems like the harder you work, the more Washington looks the other way. Lower taxes for billionaires, higher prices for working people."
Source: Wisconsin Examiner on 2026 Wisconsin Gubernatorial race , Dec 2, 2025

Expand Child Tax Credit, Earned Income Tax Credit

Source: 2022 Wisconsin Senate campaign website MandelaBarnes.com , Jul 31, 2022

Make corporations and wealthy people pay their fair share

Barnes has frequently talked about his support for Medicare for All, the Green New Deal and making corporations and wealthy people pay their fair share. He's traveled the world pushing action on climate change. Progressive groups like Democracy for America, the Progressive Change Campaign Committee and the Working Families Party all endorsed his candidacy within hours of its existence. Sen. Elizabeth Warren endorsed Barnes this week.
Source: NBC News on 2022 Wisconsin Senate race , Sep 19, 2021

We must make the Child Tax Credit permanent

We must also make the Child Tax Credit permanent. This monthly tax cut--one of the biggest tax cuts for working families in modern history--is already delivering $300 a month per child to hundreds of thousands of Wisconsin families. That money can be the difference between buying your children back-to-school supplies and them going without.
Source: The Capital Times OpEd for 2022 Wisconsin Senate race , Aug 26, 2021

Other governors on Tax Reform: Mandela Barnes on other issues:
WI Gubernatorial:
Francesca Hong
Jonathan Wichmann
Kelda Roys
Rebecca Kleefisch
Sara Rodriguez
Tim Michels
Timothy Ramthun
Tom Tiffany
Tony Evers
WI Senatorial:
Alex Lasry
Chris Larson
Eric Hovde
Phil Anderson
Ron Johnson
Sarah Godlewski
Tammy Baldwin
Tom Nelson

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