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Tony Evers: “There was no additional money put into schools. It was taken…”

Featuring: Tony Evers, Democratic | Governor of Wisconsin

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One-on-One with Tony Evers | Cap Times Idea Fest 2025

Published | Video Starts at 46:28

And it was because teachers were paying more for retirement, they were paying more for health care, they were paying more for all sorts of things that they never paid for before. So There was no additional money put into schools. It was taken out of the pockets of teachers. That was wrong and is still wrong. And so I, that that was a motivating factor. We still have a long way to go. (46:28–46:34)

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Asserts that no additional money was put into schools due to Act 10; instead, costs were shifted to teachers.

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