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Ben Wikler: “The governor put forward a budget, he calls it the year of…”

Featuring: Ben Wikler, Democratic | Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin

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Ben Wikler Discusses Democratic Strategies and Challenges on 'Black Like Me' Podcast

Published | Video Starts at 11:37

Almost nobody Hears it, there's almost, it feels like you're yelling into the wind. And right now in Wisconsin, there's a debate over the state budget. The governor put forward a budget, he calls it the year of the kid. And he put forward basically the most pro-kid budget agenda that the state has ever seen. It has hundreds of millions of dollars to support childcare so that families who are trying to figure out how to make sure their kids are safe when they're, when their parents go to work that they'll have that support. (11:37–11:45)

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Asserts that the governor proposed a highly supportive budget for children, termed the 'year of the kid.'

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