I noticed you quote Forbes but you don’t mention the fact that the alleged surplus you also talk about is challenged by Forbes. Wisconsin uses some creative accounting tricks and ignore the structural deficit to arrive at that fictitious number. The only time Walker mentions the real numbers is when he talks about the deficit he inherited. Then he uses a different formula for his budget which leaves out the structural deficit when fooling voters.
———alleged surplus
This was a real budget-end surplus. I previously posted the link. You persist in lying. I will type slowly for the budgetary thinking impaired.
THE..... SURPLUS.... FROM.... ONE.... BUDGET .... REDUCES.... THE STRUCTURAL.... DEFICIT.... OF.... THE.... NEXT.... BUDGET.
———The only time Walker mentions the real numbers ... when fooling voters.
You have NO SHAME repeating lies that I have already disproven.
Speaking with reporters on Friday, Walker said “our estimates show that, even if we were below the ten year average, we would still have more than enough revenue growth coming in the next two years of the state budget to more than make up for the projected structural.”
http://www.wrn.com/2013/03/revenue-growth-could-deal-with-structural-deficit/
And Wisconsin Republicans have been consistent in a transparent approach to budget. Here’s the Assembly Chair of the Joint Finance Committee
This budget which extends through June 30, 2015 is still projected to end with a healthy cash balance. The rainy day fund is at an all time high. The “structural deficit” is a state government concept and some states do not even calculate, or calculate using different methods. In this state, LFB assume there are no growths in revenues or expenditures all the way through June 30, 2017.
Revenues tend to grow, and Walker’s team has proven they can manage the expense side of the budget.
Some are starting to question if Donald Trump is a Democratic mole trying to disrupt the Republican nominating process. Based on your work, repeating Democrat talking points, perhaps there’s some truth to that.