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Melissa Hughes: “For years and years, there has been a surplus of our budget…”

Featuring: Melissa Hughes, Secretary and CEO of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation

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Wisconsin Governor Candidate Missy Hughes on the Budget Surplus Vote | Curbside

Published | Video Starts at 02:07

What has happened with this pile of money? What's the deal? And then what do you think about it? Yeah. So just so folks understand, For years and years, there has been a surplus of our budget at the state level. And that money has, according to the way most people look at it, sat in Madison and hasn't been reinvested. It was built by Wisconsin taxpayer dollars. (02:07–02:13)

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Asserts that Wisconsin has had a budget surplus for many years.

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