The legislature has shielded our state from many of the damaging effects of both the current national climate and past state fiscal mismanagement. Over the last decade, we've turned a $3.6 billion deficit into a $3.8 billion surplus. We grew our state's emergency fund from zero to $1.7 billion. and lowered the tax burden on our residents at the fastest rate in the nation, a cumulative savings of more than $13 billion. All while we funded core priorities. (00:43–00:49)
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Asserts that Wisconsin's emergency fund increased from zero to $1.7 billion.
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