Scott Walker came into office after eight years of fiscal disasters under Diamond Jim Doyle. 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. (26:27–26:32)
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Asserts that Wisconsin had a $2.6 billion structural deficit at the time of Act 10's enactment.
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