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Mark Spreitzer: “What this bill would have done if it had passed is it would…”

Featuring: Mark Spreitzer, Democratic | Wisconsin State Senate, District 15

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Published | Video Starts at 12:21

And we would be right back to having to go to referendum and being in Deep trouble if that fails. But What this bill would have done if it had passed is it would have blown again that hole in our next budget, potentially up to nearly $3 billion. That would have then prevented us from doing the kind of school funding reforms that we actually need to do on a long term basis, not just for one year, … (12:21–12:30)

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