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Howard Marklein: “We got updated tax collection numbers from the nonpartisan…”

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

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May Legislative Update

Published | Video Starts at 04:21

It sure didn't. I was so disappointed. And, you know, we had worked on that for months, literally months. And, you know, what happened was back in January, mid January, We got updated tax collection numbers from the nonpartisan legislative fiscal bureau, which indicated we were going to be receiving much more in taxes than what we had expected when we did the budget last summer. And to the tune of like an additional billion and a half dollars, which is not a rounding error. And so we started working with the governor shortly thereafter about ideas, you know, and concepts and all that. (04:21–04:37)

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