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Scott Walker: “The previous governor and legislature used that to plug in a…”

Featuring: Scott Walker, Republican | Former Governor of Wisconsin

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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker: 'We're Broke' (1 of 2)

Published | Video Starts at 03:08

And in fact, two years ago, they kind of delayed the pain by taking $2.2 billion of stimulus money. And instead of using that for one time costs like infrastructure, The previous governor and legislature used that to plug in a $2.2 billion hole in terms of their Medicaid and school aid deficit. That's part of the reason why we're here today. They failed to make the tough decisions two years ago. (03:08–03:16)

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Asserts that $2.2 billion was used to cover Medicaid and school aid deficits.

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