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Also see BlueNgold's post as to why the commercial wasn't made.

It is true that Walker’s administration projected a $1 billion surplus but faces a $2.2 billion deficit. A story in the Chicago Tribune late last month said:

It wasn’t long ago that the forecasting arm of the Wisconsin legislature was predicting that state government by mid-2015 would be flush with a surplus topping $1 billion, which Gov. Scott Walker could have showcased in his bid for the Republican presidential nomination. Today, that projected surplus has morphed into a $2.2 billion budget deficit that Republican lawmakers are struggling to fix.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2015/07/27/is-donald-trump-right-about-what-gov-scott-walker-did-to-wisconsin-schools

To: Cincinatus’ Wife

So let’s drill it down...
Basic facts.

This year the Wisconsin government forecast a $2.2 Billion dollar deficit, that’s true.

However, by law WI must have a balanced budget, so the various departments and the legislature have undertaken to make cuts in order to balance the budget.

So the deficit will not materialise after the new budget is passed, but they have less to work with than projected previously, meaning cuts and stopping some programs/projects.

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Now for opinion.

Outright lie? I don’t think so.
Until the new budget is enacted, technically WI does face a deficit.
Will that deficit be reflected in the new budget? Clearly not.
Was the previously projected surplus realised, no, clearly not.

Has Walker done some laudable things with regards to reform? Absolutely.
Have all of his projections for financial prosperity been realised yet? No. Just look the 90s. Clinton got credit for the Reagan reforms. It takes time to see results.

However, in 2014 Walker very public touted the coming surplus, and it disappeared. How and why it disappeared is a reasonable point of discussion.

52 posted on 8/23/2015, 11:44:48 AM by BlueNgold