From the official website, the statement on trade policy:
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On related topics:
Lower Costs for Every Wisconsinite
Alongside President Trump, Tom delivered the largest tax cut in history for working families, seniors, and small businesses. He ended taxes on tips, overtime, and Social Security. He expanded affordable childcare, opened more pathways to trade schools, and created real opportunities for workers to get ahead.
But under Democrat leadership in Madison, Wisconsin is slipping down the woke and broke path of Illinois and Minnesota. Families are paying more, energy costs are now the second highest in the Midwest, and Wisconsin is among the worst states to start a business. This is why leadership matters more than ever.
Tom has a proven record of standing up for Wisconsinites, and as governor, he will keep delivering results. He will freeze property taxes, repeal Governor Evers’ massive 400-year tax increase, and drive down energy costs by unleashing reliable baseload power. He will also cut burdensome regulations to make housing, childcare, and healthcare more affordable.
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Protect What Makes Wisconsin Great
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Protect Farmers: Tom has delivered for Wisconsin’s farmers, supporting dairy producers, ginseng growers, and mink farmers through key farm support programs in Congress. He also fought to ban the death tax and protect Wisconsin farmland from being destroyed by wind and solar projects. As governor, Tom will make sure not a single acre of our farmland falls into the hands of Communist China. He will also ensure the next generation of Wisconsin’s farmers has the tools and resources they need to keep putting food on our tables.
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Regarding costs, the US government reports the following data:
Figure 1: PPI nitrogenous fertilizer, n.s.a. (blue), price diesel, n.s.a. (red), both in logs 2025M01=0. August diesel prices data through 8/17. Source: BLS, EIA via FRED, author’s calculations.
Figure 2: CPI – Midwest, n.s.a. (blue), in logs 2025M01-0. Source: BLS, and author’s calculations.
In other words, farm input costs and CPI have risen faster than preTrump. Midwest CPI has risen a cumulative 0.3 ppts higher than the national.
Some local news analysis, here.

