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Gov. Doyle’s Back to School Gift for UW Students Students Face 19% Rise in Tuition and Increasing Living Costs Madison…As the fall semester commences at the University of Wisconsin system schools, in state students are greeted with an outstanding 19% increase in tuition! This comes with a special thanks to Gov. Jim Doyle, who by allowing for the hike, rescinds on a campaign promise and further hinders the financial situations of students. The bloated increase paradoxes a campaign promise Gov. Doyle made in a debate last fall, where he explicitly stated that he would not raise tuition by more then 10%. Now, he may defend the 19% rise, citing the infamous $3.2 Billion budget shortfall. However, this very same deficit did not stop him from allocating funds for the ratification of state employee contracts and other areas in his original proposed executive budget. Placing the interests of students second to special interests, the governor shows his true dedication for education. The Governor’s budget succeeds in being even more student unfriendly with the property tax freeze veto. The city of Madison has experienced a surge in property tax rates in recent years. One can only imagine the tax hungry Madison city council will continue to follow past trends.
Many UW Madison students, in and out of state, tenant off campus housing, where rent prices are excessive, and with any property tax increase, the out of control rent will further continue to skyrocket. For in the past, rent increases have gone hand in hand with outstanding hikes of property taxes. So as in the past, students will continue to suffer when landlords raise rent fees to help compensate for losses due to escalating property tax rates. It is obvious, Gov. Doyle’s signed budget is a far cry to how he appeared so student friendly last fall.
In using the rhetorical words of our unfaithful governor, “It is a New Day in Wisconsin,” where with tuition increases and unavoidable in suing local property tax hikes, college students face a boundless barrage of increases in living expenses. |
