10-1-14 wi governor-taxes

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A conservative think tank is calling on Wisconsin policy makers to make more goods and services subject to the state sales tax, along with lowering income and property taxes.  The report by the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute released Tuesday injects a new wrinkle in the final weeks of the governor’s race, where taxes and tax policy have been issues.  Gov. Scott Walker touts the roughly $2 billion in tax cuts he signed into law over the past four years, including lowering income and property taxes, and promises more reductions.  Democratic challenger Mary Burke says if elected her focus would be on tax cuts that benefit the middle class and working class families.  The WPRI report was written by researchers at the conservative Beacon Hill Institute at Suffolk University in Boston.