In January of 2016, shortly after taking office, Governor Walker called for a balanced set of revenue enhancements and spending cuts to balance the looming multi Billion Dollar deficit. Pretty much everyone who took the time to work the computer program of options available to the state came up with the same conclusion. Everyone has to have skin in the game was the consensus and that includes income/sales tax, reduced dividends, far less subsidies to oil corps for doing work they would be doing anyway, higher taxes on oil corps and spending cuts. So far only very significant spending cuts have happened and that hasn't really reduced the deficit. An income tax would primarily affect the wealthiest while a dividend cut more severely affects the poor. Another set of sessions has been wasted as the Senate refuses to acknowledge that their wealthiest campaign contributors have to have as much skin in the game as the poor and the teachers who are being laid off. Balanced taxes and cuts.