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Wisconsin budget surplus projected to grow to $484 million
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| 01/24/2013
| Scott Bauer
Posted on 01/24/2013 8:37:43 PM PST by george76
Wisconsin's budget picture brightened Thursday, with new estimates that show a surplus will grow to $484 million, giving Republicans and Gov. Scott Walker even more room to pursue their tax cutting agenda.
The estimate from the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau was nearly $137 million better than one Walker's administration released in November.
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In 2011, Walker took office facing a roughly $3 billion budget shortfall and
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: budget; scottwalker; surplus; unions; walker
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posted on
01/24/2013 8:37:47 PM PST
by
george76
To: george76
And the dramatic reality of this will not imprint itself on any liberal state or the Feds....
The treason of governmental over-spending is not that painful to stop.
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posted on
01/24/2013 8:44:12 PM PST
by
Psycho_Bunny
(Thought Puzzle: Describe Islam without using the phrase "mental disorder" more than four times.)
To: george76
Why can’t/won’t Tom Corbett do that for Pennsyltucky?!
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posted on
01/24/2013 8:45:49 PM PST
by
Tucker39
To: Psycho_Bunny
I’m more surprised that the AP (administration propaganda) made this article..
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posted on
01/24/2013 9:09:11 PM PST
by
max americana
(Make the world a better place by punching a liberal in the face)
To: george76
Good thing the unions and liberals were able to re-call Walker of this would never have happened.
Wait. Guess they didn’t recall Walker.
Never mind.
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posted on
01/24/2013 10:11:12 PM PST
by
garjog
(Heroes Died. Obama Lied.)
To: george76
Maybe some of Walker’s success will trickle down to Illinois.
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posted on
01/25/2013 3:58:55 AM PST
by
1010RD
(First, Do No Harm)
To: george76
Well, they can start fully funding their pension now, making them nearly the only state to do so...if they can do that.
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posted on
01/25/2013 4:57:54 AM PST
by
MSF BU
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To: 1010RD; All
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posted on
01/25/2013 5:46:21 AM PST
by
KevinDavis
(And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.)
To: george76
The spirit of Chainsaw Al lives!
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posted on
01/25/2013 5:49:36 AM PST
by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: max americana
scotty bauer fell on the ice and hit his head?
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posted on
01/25/2013 5:51:44 AM PST
by
TurboZamboni
(Looting the future to bribe the present)
To: george76
Sounds like it is time to do away with the state tax.
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posted on
01/25/2013 5:57:02 AM PST
by
napscoordinator
(GOP Candidate 2020 - "Bloomberg 2020 - We vote for whatever crap the GOP puts in front of us.")
To: george76
Is this the state that B-slapped the union thugs?
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posted on
01/25/2013 5:59:04 AM PST
by
djf
(Conservative values help the poor. Liberal values help them STAY poor!!!)
To: george76
In 2011, Walker took office facing a roughly $3 billion budget shortfall and attacked the problem with deep cuts to education, local governments and other programs. Even in a grudgingly pro-Walker article, the AP still has to throw these lies in there. What were the "deep" cuts? How "deep" were they? More AP BS.
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posted on
01/25/2013 6:35:53 AM PST
by
Opinionated Blowhard
("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
To: george76
On hearing this news Sharpton said, “That’s racist!”
Porky Trumpka said, “It’s unconstitutional!” and the GOPe called Walker a dangerous extermist ten minutes before the White House did.
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posted on
01/25/2013 6:38:41 AM PST
by
jmaroneps37
(Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
To: george76
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posted on
01/25/2013 7:04:15 AM PST
by
gibsosa
To: 1010RD
Never happen
However, maybe some other states surrounding Illinois will do it.
Then Illinois will be its only little, broke island.
Too bad the rest of the state, which I understand is a bit conservative, can’t just push Chicago into Lake Michigan and start over.
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posted on
01/25/2013 9:05:11 AM PST
by
qaz123
To: qaz123
What Chicago is to the rest of Illinois:
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posted on
01/25/2013 9:32:53 AM PST
by
ScottinVA
(More dizzying than a Tilt-a-Whirl is an around-a-circle argument with a liberal about gun control.)
To: george76
I see spending will be increasing 8.5% in Minnesota way more than the rate of inflation and somehow we have to raise taxes.
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posted on
01/27/2013 11:01:01 AM PST
by
TurboZamboni
(Looting the future to bribe the present)
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