Posted on 02/19/2011 4:19:25 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
Wisconsin Gov.-elect Scott Walker was the recipient of the unwelcome news that he will be inheriting a projected budget deficit as high as $3.3 billion over the next two years. Last week, the Wisconsin Department of Administration (DOA) published a report announcing there would be a $1.5 billion gap between state revenue and state spending through June 30, 2013. It appears that the news is much grimmer than that, however.
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Heres how it happened: in 1999, Wisconsins Legislature decided that state employees needed better retirement benefits, so we made those benefits richer at a cost of $4 billion.
Hey, I think FR should think about a ‘like’ button.
Maddow on the "surplus." FALSE
Ed Schultz: State employees will lose 20% of their pay. FALSE
Walker threatens to call out the National Guard on protesters. Pants on Fire.
Anymore I end up looking to click on it when I see a comment someone makes that I like...LOL.
There was at one time a “like” button for article, though...but that was brief and I guess they decided to scrap that feature.
*like* with a thumb’s up
;o)
I like that idea.
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