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Old 07-26-2015, 03:01 PM  
crockett
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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.

Funny, it seems Robbie's hero Tump agrees with me...

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"The roads are a disaster because they don't have any money to rebuild them. They're borrowing money like crazy," Trump said. "They projected a one billion dollar surplus and it turns out to be a deficit of 2.2 billion dollars. And money all over the place."
Donald Trump takes aim at Scott Walker: "Finally, I can attack" - CBS News
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