Posted on 03/03/2015 1:25:25 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker delivered his budget address in February, presenting a $68 billion, two-year spending plan that he said would “assist small businesses and farmers.”
.... watch Walker’s speech
(Excerpt) Read more at nfib.com ...
Watch the Wisconsin State Chamber and see how the Dems repeatedly sit in their seats and pout - very instructive on what they don't appreciate about Scott Walker's governance.
Some of what Walker covers in his speech: taxes, jobs, education, welfare, military.
There is a link to a printed text at the source but it's worth watching and seeing the live response, Walker's delivery and his closing (which is not on the printed text).
INSTRUCTIVE letter in opposition to Walker’s budget:
http://www.lakelandtimes.com/main.asp?SectionID=11&SubSectionID=11&ArticleID=23856
“..........Priorities in Walker’s budget proposal need adjusting.
Maintain:
Funding for UW, K-12 education, public radio and TV;
DNR staff positions and the regulatory authority of the Natural Resources Board; and
The stewardship fund and environmental grants.
Eliminate:
$220 million for a new Milwaukee Bucks arena; and
Statewide subsidies for K-12 private schools.
Reduce:
Wisconsin’s massive prison industrial complex. Consider Minnesota’s policy.
Accept:
$300 million of federal grant money for Medicaid expansion.
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He’s on target and message. Impressive. He’s an executive machine with good sound political sense. He’s limiting government in the right direction and when you here him describe his programs you are reminded of the parable of giving a man a fish and teaching a man to fish and you can see that the progressives only offer rotten fish.
Spot on!
Yes, but he didn’t finish college and has a bald spot.
... and he has a wife that not only stayed at home and baked cookies, she ate them all too.
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