If you will spend that much more on your tax bill why not just send that much more, now, to the newspaper?

1. I agree that newspapers should be run as a not for profit operation. I like NPR and PBS because they only have to answer to the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation!

2. Either a Kindle or laptops are the future for reading news media. I am a believer in letting markets decide what car company stays in business, or what brand of cereal remains on the market. That being stated, I believe Thomas Jefferson when he said, “If I had to choose between government without newspapers, and newspapers without government, I wouldn’t hesitate to choose the latter.” I understand the nature of his comment. When the presses stop at the Gazette, the outcry will come.

3. Scoff at me now, but look at your life without local newspapers. We need more journalism, and less Fluffernutter. I believe in the existence of quality, well resourced local newspapers very firmly. I would much rather give up some of my tax dollars to find out important details in my community, instead of paying for fictitious day care.

4. When the Gazette, along with other local newspapers outlets close their doors, we will see if I am crying wolf, or telling everyone the sky is falling. I want to believe that local newspapers will make a comeback on their own, but I have no reason to think they will. I would gladly spend $50 a year on my taxes to have full access to every news outlet in the state online. I can think of so many worse allocations of tax money that this would be one of the best investments into Wisconsin's future we could make.

5. I have no problem paying taxes, but I want to make sure I have something to show for them. This would be money well spent, and would have a positive impact on anyone who cared to care.

It is painfully obvious those in government have lost touch with the American people. The news industry is changing, as most industries do over time, and newspaper companies need to make adjustments or fail…bottom line. If their product is not selling there has to be a reason and providing a tax break on property taxes will not fix it. Rep Schneider and the rest of our representatives must become better custodians of OUR money. By subsidizing property taxes on these businesses others will be required to make up the deficit, we all know they (Government) will not spend less, how is that fair?

Where is the line drawn? Why not subsidize grocery stores; we need food more than a news paper.

Passing a law or policy because it feels good is poor governance; it’s not about being fair or unfair, it’s about doing the right thing with OUR money.

If newspapers were the heart and soul of small towns they wouldn't need the help. Going away from printed newspapers is a trend that isn't going to stop once they stop paying taxes. How about letting the market decide what they want to purchase? People don't want newspapers, they want their news online - fast and up to date. The government wants us to conserve and "go green", so that's what people are doing.

Who's gonna pay? Obama? Oh wait, We now have mandatory Chinese language classes. I guess that answers the question.

Just another dippy bill from Snarlin' Marlin.

Instead, I would support more newspapers moving to non-profit status, which would exempt them and eliminate the profit motive, which has crippled newspapers such as the Chicago Tribune when purchased by Sam Zell (who expected the paper's ad revenue to pay for his own purchase, and had to lay off hundreds of staff when the recession cut ads).

He's thinks he has found a way to get the press his back: pay them off. (Anyone who thought the situations in "Atlas Shrugged" were pure fiction just didn't wait long enough.)

I agree with Rep. Schneider. I believe that without quality newspapers in Wisconsin, people will have to depend on opinion blogs, and agenda motivated information sites for their area news. I support what he is doing, but would like to take it a step further.

Local newspapers are the heart and soul of communities. They report stories that we would never be aware about, stories that can impact our lives. Local events, sports, politics, scandals etc. I feel strongly that we need to support local newspapers not just so they can stay in business, but so all citizens have access to information that hits close to home.

I think another solution would be to make daily newspapers more like NPR, or WPT. They would be funded partially through the public, and the remainder would be through donations and advertising. I would like to see the Gazette do hard nose investigative journalism, but understand that is a huge resource drain for one or two stories.

With the Wisconsin Shares fraud cases which were exposed by a Wisconsin newspaper, it only begs the discussion of what else could be uncovered if newspapers had more resources.

This guy should be booted out of office, he apparently don't get it. I can,t afford him.

So he is proposing a tax exemption for a specific industry. He doesn't know what it will cost. It will only benefit one industry. But he wants it. Oh why does he get re-elected when he has such shoddy research on a proposed legislation? Before proposing a tax exemption, figure out how much it will cost, how many jobs it will save. How much are Wisconsin taxpayers being asked to pay and what benefit will they get?

I'm all for trying to save companies money so they can try and keep people working, but where will this end. First newspapers, then car dealers, and the list could go on and on.

Good idea, but it can't be specific to just one industry. Less spending of the taxes that do get paid to our state government would be a much better idea.