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Old 01-30-2015, 08:11 PM  
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Originally Posted by Robbie View Post
I didn't really know the numbers...but I just looked them up.

If these numbers are true...then the OP original post is a complete fucking fabrication (not much surprise there):

Anybody want to look at Wisconsin's debt? ... Bueller? ... Bueller? « Watchdog.org

"After fiscal year 2013, the state’s real deficit, based on Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, is $1.7 billion. That’s down from the $2.9 billion when Gov. Scott Walker took office and is the lowest since 2003. The better-than-expected state revenue, some $760 million that materialized at the end of the past fiscal year, has played a big part in lowering that debt load."
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And here's another one:
Despite $1 billion surplus, group says Scott Walker raising state deficit while borrowing is at record high | PolitiFact Wisconsin

"Walker proposed the cuts after the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau in mid-January 2014 projected that the state will see, mostly as a result of higher-than-expected tax collections, a $977 million surplus by the time the current two-year budget cycle ends in June 2015.

So, how is it that there is talk of a deficit?

When we asked We Are Wisconsin for evidence to back its claim, the group said it was using "deficit" as shorthand for "structural deficit."

But the two are different things.

The structural deficit isn’t a measure of any deficit of funds in the current state budget. Rather, as calculated by the Legislative Fiscal Bureau, the structural deficit is a rough estimate of how tax and spending commitments will line up during the next budget period -- in this case, for 2015-’17."
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So it looks like this is more lies and exaggeration by you-know-who to further his team's "side".

Reality Check: Walker is out for himself and his cronies, just like every politician playing the game at that level is. So are all the Democrats. Why the fuck the OP can't just open his eyes and SEE is beyond me.
Robbie, I don't know where you get off trying to say I'm lying. You live in your Robbie's World of wishful thinking.. Meanwhile I provided a link in my OP with the same info I posted.

Right here.. The state is facing almost a billion dollar budget short over the next 2 1/2 years..

State shortfall could be $928 million over next 2 1/2 years

Right here shows where he cut 300 million in funding to the state colleges which will force layoffs..

UW System predicts layoffs, no campus closings under budget cuts


Also that first site that you link about their billion in excess claims is a right wing mouth piece.. Seriously use a bit of brain power here.. "if" they had a billion dollar surplus do you think they would be cutting $300 million from the school systems?

Use your brain and quit latching on to the first thing you google..


This is from the Wisconsin state government it's self.. Do you see a billion dollars of "excess" anywhere in those numbers?

Quote:
Estimated 2014-15 General Fund Condition Statement
2014-15
Revenues

Opening Balance, July 1 $516,891,000
Taxes 14,469,800,000
Departmental Revenues
Tribal Gaming 0
Other 504,934,500
Total Available $15,491,625,500
Appropriations
Gross Appropriations $15,883,157,300
Transfers to Transportation Fund 169,587,100
Compensation Reserves 133,056,500
Biennial Appropriation Adjustment -4,395,000
Sum Sufficient Reestimates -82,011,800
Less Lapses -324,403,800
Net Appropriations $15,774,990,300

Balance -$283,364,800

http://legis.wisconsin.gov/lfb/publi...0estimates.pdf
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