Cavalier Johnson: “Roughly a quarter of the Milwaukee Fire Department would…”

“If we did not take that action, if we didn't do that, then roughly half of the Milwaukee Police Department would have been gone. Roughly a quarter of the Milwaukee Fire Department would have vanished [without the sales tax]. They would have had to go. Hundreds and hundreds of city employees. I mean, think about the folks who fill potholes, the folks that collect garbage and recycling things like that.” (22:06–22:11)

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