[Cincinatus' Wife]

“....TPM ran a great piece Friday on how the Republican governors who are running for president are destroying their higher education systems in the name of cutting state income taxes and never, ever raising another tax of any kind. Bobby Jindal has cut taxes six times in Louisiana, which has produced a $1.6 billion shortfall. To plug the gap, he’s cutting higher ed funding by as much as $600 million, which is 82 percent of state higher-ed aid. Scott Walker’s half-a-billion dollars in tax cuts in Wisconsin have led to a $2 billion shortfall, so he’s slashing higher ed by $300 million....”

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/05/26/the-birth-of-the-left-wing-wedge-issue.html

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Gov. Walker Proposes Bold Education Budget

Scott Walker's 2015-17 Budget Proposal: What You Need to Know

[Dr. Sivana]

To plug the gap, he’s cutting higher ed funding by as much as $600 million, which is 82 percent of state higher-ed aid.

Sounds good, as last year it was discovered that the UW system was hiding $600 million even as they were asking for more tuition increases. That system has its own power base and is largely out of control.