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. So that is the amount upon which you can fund schools into the future, fund all those programs that are important to us in Wisconsin, including tax cuts. (05:38–05:47)
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Asserts that the ongoing surplus is about $3 billion according to the Legislative Fiscal Bureau.
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