Cavalier Johnson: “Last year, I had a budget hole that we had to climb out of…”

“… simply, simply kept pace with inflation over the course of the last three decades, Milwaukee would receive about 250 million more dollars each year. Think about that. $250 million. And Last year, I had a budget hole that we had to climb out of about $100 million to balance the budget. And we did it now because we made some difficult decisions last year. The budget gap is not as big, but it is similar in size. It is still pretty big.” (20:28–20:35)

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