And he didn't just face an immediate $127 million budget hold there. There was a $2.6 billion structural deficit. Couldn't he just tax his way out of this mess? Well, Doyle tried, of course. The 2009 state budget, Doyle's for our final one included $2 billion in new taxes and fees. Didn't work. There was still a budget hole. What about new borrowing? Nope. That same budget also included $3.6 billion in bonding. The only way you could get out of it was to cut spending. (26:40–26:48)
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Asserts that the 2009 Wisconsin state budget included $2 billion in new taxes and fees.
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