(The Center Square) – U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, the Republican gubernatorial candidate, on Tuesday announced his eight-point plan on affordability including lowering property taxes, sales taxes, gas prices and utility costs along with returning a state surplus.

Tiffany is running against Democrat David Crowley in the Nov. 3 general election.

Tiffany said he would end a 400-year property tax increase that was implemented with a partial veto from Gov. Tony Evers that allows for a $325 per student per year school funding increase for the next 400 years.

Voters will vote statewide on a constitutional amendment that will eliminate the governor’s partial veto power to “create or increase or authorize the creation or increase of any tax or fee” on the November ballot.

Tiffany vowed to cut state income taxes by 10% for families earning less than $150,000 annually along with eliminating taxes on tips and overtime and returning a state surplus to voters, both aspects of a plan that failed in the Wisconsin Senate this spring after Republican leaders of the Assembly and Senate and Evers agreed on a deal for both.

Tiffany also vowed to prevent state sales tax increases, to appoint commissioners to the Public Service Commission that will reduce citizen’s utility costs while embracing next-generation nuclear energy.

He also vowed to end Wisconsin’s minimum markup law and government-mandated higher prices on gas. The law, called the Unfair Sales Act, requires retailers to include a 9.18% markup on motor vehicle fuel.

"Wisconsin families work hard for every dollar they earn, but government at every level keeps taking more," Tiffany said in a statement. "Property taxes are too high, utility bills have soared, and everyday purchases cost more. Meanwhile, David Crowley has never met a tax hike he didn't like. He raised Milwaukee County’s sales tax by 80%, raised property taxes five times, and even voted against a 10% middle-class income tax cut. We cannot afford Tax Collector Crowley taking more of your paycheck just to spend more in Madison."

Crowley said in a Tuesday statement that he has already supported the idea of ending the markup as well.

“Finally, something Congressman Tiffany and I can agree on—gas and diesel prices are out of control,” Crowley said. “The difference is I will actually address this issue while Congressman Tom Tiffany will do what he’s always done—say one thing and do another. Just like Congressman Tiffany’s extreme agenda, the policy is outdated and forces Wisconsinites to pay more.

"But repealing the gas markup won’t change the fact that Tiffany has voted every time to continue Trump’s war of choice with Iran. Congressman Tiffany will only deliver lip-service; I’ll get rid of this old policy and lower costs for working families.”

Tiffany also vowed to “lower taxes, cut red tape, speed up permitting, and reform occupational licensing” to create more good-paying jobs in the state.