A different kind of election ploy

Our family is not eligible for Gov. Scott Walker’s child tax rebate, offered to those with children under 17.

Our children all had the benefit of an excellent education through Madison Public Schools. Our city and county have done everything possible to ensure that resources, curtailed by the Walker administration, are distributed to soften impact on us all.

For anyone who does not need this rebate and feels it is just an election year ploy to throw crumbs to the masses while giving huge tax breaks and funds to campaign donors, try this:

File for the rebate. Then, donate it to your school district to make up for the shocking raid on our children’s public educational resources, diverted to private schools through the voucher program.

Donate it to your local government, which has suffered the restrictions on sharing equipment for snow removal or lack funds for road and bridge repairs.

Donate it to organizations that have had public funding restricted due to mean spirited or ideological agendas being pushed by this Republican-led administration.

Or, donate it to electing people who truly care about reversing the degradation this state has suffered under Walker.

Election year ploy? You bet. But maybe not Walker’s intended outcome.

Mary Richardson