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Originally Posted by wiphan
If the teachers union had in the last 30 yrs actually given on some items we would not be in this situation.
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You're not saying that the unions have caused the budget deficits, I hope. That's certainly not true.
Wisconsin had a $136 million surplus this year, until
Walker gave $140 million of unfunded tax incentives to corporations in his first month of office.
There is a 3.6 billion deficit projected over the next few years, which is far less than the 5.something billion deficit the last governor dealt with. In other words, there is no drastic or acute emergency right now as Walker maintains. That's a lie.
Walker has instituted this "budget repair bill", but there isn't enough deficit to trigger the need for a "repair bill" according to Wisconsin's own independent office of budget that consults to the state assemblies (repair bill is a technical term)
Since 1981, 2/3 of Wisconsin's corporations no longer pay any taxes at all.
Think that could be affecting state finances?
Maybe corporations could start paying some taxes. Rather than putting all taxes on working people.
This bill isn't about the deficit at all. It's just about union busting, and everyone knows it, even the Republicans now say that (as revealed on Walkers tape with "Koch" - will is leading to ethics violation charges for him)