I have a lot of thoughts about this. And I have to say it was. You know, this is an area where not having as much media covering the Capitol regularly really hurts Wisconsinites. This bill would have been a disaster for our state had it passed. We would have taken an estimated $500 million surplus and turned it into a $2.9 billion deficit at the end of the next budget. Guess what we would have to cut if we had a $2.9 billion deficit? Literally everything we care about. Public education, healthcare, Medicaid, food assistance. Right. Everything important. (15:31–15:45)
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Asserts that the bill would have turned a $500 million surplus into a $2.9 billion deficit.
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