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Kelda Roys: “It's wrong to describe it as a surplus when our kids have…”

Featuring: Kelda Roys, Democratic | Wisconsin Senate, District 26

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Senator Kelda Roys on Wisconsin's Failed Budget Surplus Deal | Wisconsin Governor Race 2026

Published | Video Starts at 02:39

I mean, for God's sake, the stewardship program was killed by Republicans. So it's not like the budget is this robust document. We've paid all our bills. We haven't. It's wrong to describe it as a surplus when our kids have been getting shortchanged for a generation. That's a great point. I think we think about it when we hear about talking heads like it's this big pot of money that's just sitting there that we. (02:39–02:44)

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Asserts that describing the budget as a surplus is incorrect due to underfunding of children's needs.

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