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Howard Marklein: “The headline number we always hear is $7 billion. Okay. Now…”

Featuring: Howard Marklein, Republican | Wisconsin State Senate, District 17

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Sen. Howard Marklein joins Capital City Sunday

Published | Video Starts at 05:31

All right. Well, there's an argument about how much money will actually be available with this surplus. I know there's been back and forth on this. What is the real number? The headline number we always hear is $7 billion. Okay. Now that is largely one time money. The Legislative Fiscal Bureau, nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau tells us that the real ongoing surplus is about $3 billion. (05:31–05:38)

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