"There was in early 2014 a projection of a $1 billion surplus heading into the 2015-’17 budget period. Late in 2014, there was a projection of a $2.2 billion shortfall -- the difference between expected revenues and the amount of money being requested by state agencies. But the shortfall was never a deficit -- and some of the surplus was consciously spent by Republicans, as tax cuts."
Walker promised to maintain 500 million as the structural surplus.
And as I said, the deficit won’t materialize due to the balanced budget requirements.
However unanticipated cuts will have to be made.
It’s not the success Walker had planned, but it’s probably not as bad as Trump is making it out to be.