Tax Group Says Act 10 Saved School District $2.8 Million in Benefit Costs
Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance report puts statewide figure at $366 million in savings on retirement benefits and health care premiums after budget bill went into effect.
The controversial state law that eliminated most collective bargaining rights for school employees reduced benefit costs for the Wauwatosa School District by $2.8 million last school year, according to a report released Monday by a taxpayer watchdog group. Wauwatosa's purported share of savings was part of a statewide reduction of $366 million in school district spending on employee benefits, the study by the Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance said. The report and its authors, however, instantly drew criticism from opponents of Gov. Scott Walker and Act 10, and some school districts have already pointed out discrepancies between the study's findings and their own figures. The bulk of Wauwatosa's reported savings came from reductions in the …
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Steve ®
8:02 pm on Tuesday, November 13, 2012
We will continue the remission that Walker put on the cancer. The cancer is liberalism and a corrupt public union. Thank you Walker. Shame on the rest of you that support this cancer. more ›