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No schools were closed (in fact more schools were opened), no teachers were laid off (in fact more teachers were hired), no dollars were snatched from the WS schools (in fact more dollars went to them), yet Gov Walker's plan turned a $3.6 billion deficit into a surplus this year, next year and in 2013!
All I have to say is WAY TO FUCKING GO WALKER!!! You stopped a crisis and actually improved Wisconsin schools!
Wisconsin Predicted to Have Positive Balance in 2013 - Caledonia, WI Patch
Wisconsin Predicted to Have Positive Balance in 2013
The Legislative Fiscal Bureau is projecting a small budget surplus for both years of the 2011-2013 biennial.
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Credit DMichael Burns Add your photos & videos If all goes according to plan, the state of Wisconsin will have a small budget surplus at the end of the 2011-2013 biennial budget.
The non-partisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau (LFB) recently released its "Comparitive Summary of Budget Recommendation" in which it gives the net balances projected for the end of both fiscal years.
By June 30, 2012, the state should have a $8.4 million surplus compared to $9.4 million by June 30, 2013.
Representative Robin Vos (R-Rochester) sent out his regular email communication with constituents on Aug. 19 and he mentions the LFB's findings as well.
"Its quite an accomplishment when you consider that we started with a $3.6 billion deficit," he writes.
Vos also includes two pie charts illustrating revenues and general expenditures. Here's how it shakes out:
Revenues
50% Income Taxes
30% Sales/Use Taxes
6% Corporate Taxes
14% Other
Expenditures
44% Education
31% HR
15% Shared Revenue
10% Other
Vos also writes that considering the $3.6 billion hole Wisconsin was in, even these projected small victories are proof that new policies are working
My friends in WI said to tell you you are completely clueless.
The unions lost, period.
Walker and the people of Wisconsin won, period.
The unions lost, period.
Walker and the people of Wisconsin won, period.
Lost what?
And the UNIONS are the people.
Democrats gained two seats and the one Republican that voted against Walker's unconstitution bill still sits in the State Congress.
That means..Republicans have lost an effective majority.
Walker's toast.
Its right here in the damn budget!!!
http://legis.wisconsin.gov/2011/data/JR1SB-11.pdf
16.896 Sale or contractual operation of state−owned heating, cooling, and power plants. (1) Notwithstanding ss. 13.48 (14) (am) and 16.705 (1), the department may sell any state−owned heating, cooling, and power plant or may contract with a private entity for the operation of any such plant, with or without solicitation of bids, for any amount that the department determines to be in the best interest of the state. Notwithstanding ss. 196.49 and 196.80, no approval or certification of the public service commission is necessary for a public utility to purchase, or contract for the operation of, such a plant, and any such purchase is considered to be in the public interest and to comply with the criteria for certification of a project under s. 196.49 (3) (b).
The state already authorized the ability to sell of public utilities in no-bid sales with no required approval or certification from the public service commission. Why would they have done this?
This is nothing short of giving the Governor carte blanche to hand out the public utilities as a form of patronage. Its the equivalent of leaving the safe open. You are just bitching and moaning that nobody has stolen the cash yet.
Tell me this is the work of someone fiscally responsible?
That alleged surplus came by selling off public properties/utilities through graft.
Its right here in the damn budget!!!
http://legis.wisconsin.gov/2011/data/JR1SB-11.pdf
16.896 Sale or contractual operation of state−owned heating, cooling, and power plants. (1) Notwithstanding ss. 13.48 (14) (am) and 16.705 (1), the department may sell any state−owned heating, cooling, and power plant or may contract with a private entity for the operation of any such plant, with or without solicitation of bids, for any amount that the department determines to be in the best interest of the state. Notwithstanding ss. 196.49 and 196.80, no approval or certification of the public service commission is necessary for a public utility to purchase, or contract for the operation of, such a plant, and any such purchase is considered to be in the public interest and to comply with the criteria for certification of a project under s. 196.49 (3) (b).
The state already authorized the ability to sell of public utilities in no-bid sales with no required approval or certification from the public service commission. Why would they have done this?
This is nothing short of giving the Governor carte blanche to hand out the public utilities as a form of patronage. Its the equivalent of leaving the safe open. You are just bitching and moaning that nobody has stolen the cash yet.
Tell me this is the work of someone fiscally responsible?
Don't take this the wrong way, but you are an idiot...
MAY SELL and HAS SOLD are two different things...
You claimed it already happened... Your words:
That alleged surplus came by selling off public properties/utilities through graft.
That was a lie...
Thus far, no public property / utility has been sold off, nor do any of the companies in your conspiracy theory article even want to buy them...
We can discuss this when someone actually buys under no-bid circumstances...
Until then, take your conspiracy theory and bugger off....
You both are a bunch of fucking retards.
The door is wide open with a big sign saying "valuables here-come rob me" and you are bitching and moaning the house isn't bare yet.
And we know the utilities haven't been sold off yet because...oh wait that was just an assumption on your parts.
I'm a fucking retard.
I am assuming the door is wide open with a big sign saying "valuables here-come rob me" and now I'm bitching and moaning and jumping the gun without the house being bare.
And I know the utilities have already been sold off because...oh wait that was just an assumption on my part, as I've posted no proof.
He can brag about it on his way out..after the recall.
Where is WS anyway?
Yea a $3.6 billion deficit was wiped out but LOL Walker selling public properties! What a fool you are! Why can't the left (and right many times) admit when the other side does something RIGHT!!!
Bottom line, $3.6 bil deficit is a surplus, more teachers are being hired, more schools open and less pupils per teacher! HE WON!
The bottom line is of course more complicated, and your summary seems to be inaccurate:
Uncharted waters: Public school superintendents may be facing
It seems like schools do have less money (almost $800M over two years, somewhat more than I calculated) and that unsurprisingly the overall effect is the reduction of educational services. As far as I can tell, claims to the contrary rely on publicizing unrepresentative results such as the rare district that is adding teachers when most are cutting back. If you have contrary evidence I'd love to see it.
Much of the savings comes from paying teachers less. This might not have much of an effect in the short run, but in the long run you can't get the same quality of work from people if you pay them less.
I haven't the time or expertise to dig too deeply into Wisconsin's budget, so I could be wrong, but...
Based on legis.wisconsin.org, the source for the article you cite, the biennial allocations for overall education were $12.9B (44.4% of total budget) in 2011-2013 and $13.6B (49.2% of total). Even failing to account for either inflation or the increase in Wisconsin's population, the current biennial budget reduces both the overall allocation for education and the percentage of the budget dedicated to education.This change of $700M dwarfs the biennial projected surplus of $17.8M. The current budget also skews more heavily to chartered schools than in the past.
Accepting that Walker's budget *does* have a surplus but *doesn't* spend as much on schools/education as past years, I find it unsurprising. I don't think anyone suggested that the state paying teachers less wouldn't reduce the state's deficit in the short term. If anything, running a surplus slightly undermines Walker's claim that The bottom line is we are trying to balance our budget and there really is no room to negotiate on that because were broke. It's also worth noting that unions voluntarily agreed to slash their own pay and benefits-- it was the destruction of collective bargaining rights to which they objected.
From the article you linked which is from February 2011 and should have either been proven or falsified by now
The long and the short of it is you haven't falsified it. It has been noted numerous times already. You are just annoyed I just peed on your little Gov Walker love note.
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"The lion's share of attention regarding Scott Walker's legislative proposal has been paid to the effort to revoke Wisconsin public employees' collective bargaining rights, but the 144-page bill (more reliable link here http://www.sheboyganpress.com/assets/pdf/U0170515216.PDF) is a far more exhaustive and inclusive list of the fundamentals of Republican politics in the 21st Century. Not many people have the time to plow through the whole bill but those who do will be rewarded with plenty of gems like this:
16.896 Sale or contractual operation of state−owned heating, cooling, and power plants. (1) Notwithstanding ss. 13.48 (14) (am) and 16.705 (1), the department may sell any state−owned heating, cooling, and power plant or may contract with a private entity for the operation of any such plant, with or without solicitation of bids, for any amount that the department determines to be in the best interest of the state. Notwithstanding ss. 196.49 and 196.80, no approval or certification of the public service commission is necessary for a public utility to purchase, or contract for the operation of, such a plant, and any such purchase is considered to be in the public interest and to comply with the criteria for certification of a project under s. 196.49 (3) (b)."
No schools were closed (in fact more schools were opened), no teachers were laid off (in fact more teachers were hired), no dollars were snatched from the WS schools (in fact more dollars went to them), yet Gov Walker's plan turned a $3.6 billion deficit into a surplus this year, next year and in 2013!
All I have to say is WAY TO FUCKING GO WALKER!!! You stopped a crisis and actually improved Wisconsin schools!
Wisconsin Predicted to Have Positive Balance in 2013 - Caledonia, WI Patch
Wisconsin Predicted to Have Positive Balance in 2013
The Legislative Fiscal Bureau is projecting a small budget surplus for both years of the 2011-2013 biennial.
By Heather Asiyanbi Email the author August 21, 2011 Print&nbps;7 Comments Tweet Email
Sponsored By Back to Article View full size new
Embed | Share
State Capitol
Wisconsin State Capitol, Oct. 2, 2010 DMichael Burns
Photos (1)
Photos
Credit DMichael Burns Add your photos & videos If all goes according to plan, the state of Wisconsin will have a small budget surplus at the end of the 2011-2013 biennial budget.
The non-partisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau (LFB) recently released its "Comparitive Summary of Budget Recommendation" in which it gives the net balances projected for the end of both fiscal years.
By June 30, 2012, the state should have a $8.4 million surplus compared to $9.4 million by June 30, 2013.
Representative Robin Vos (R-Rochester) sent out his regular email communication with constituents on Aug. 19 and he mentions the LFB's findings as well.
"Its quite an accomplishment when you consider that we started with a $3.6 billion deficit," he writes.
Vos also includes two pie charts illustrating revenues and general expenditures. Here's how it shakes out:
Revenues
50% Income Taxes
30% Sales/Use Taxes
6% Corporate Taxes
14% Other
Expenditures
44% Education
31% HR
15% Shared Revenue
10% Other
Vos also writes that considering the $3.6 billion hole Wisconsin was in, even these projected small victories are proof that new policies are working
My friends in WI said to tell you you are completely clueless.
The clintons are the biggest crooks in gov't. besides obamaturd and the stupid left supports them, but that is different isn't it? Idiots!!Actually its more of a shell game to cover up rank corruption on his party
That alleged surplus came by selling off public properties/utilities through graft.
A Secret Deal Between Gov. Walker And Koch Brothers Buried In State Budget? - Forbes
The guy is a goddamn crook.
Not the point, but thanks for trying. I guess anything to avoid the subject at hand.
Only one Clinton is in government and she is categorically useless. The only person to treat Secretary of State like a door prize.
As for Obama, if you can show me lining his pockets by selling off Federal properties to cronies, you are welcome to use it as a counter-example. Short of that, you are just breaking wind.
The unions lost, period.
Walker and the people of Wisconsin won, period.
Lost what?
And the UNIONS are the people.
Democrats gained two seats and the one Republican that voted against Walker's unconstitution bill still sits in the State Congress.
That means..Republicans have lost an effective majority.
Walker's toast.
The unions in Wisconsin represent a very small part of the people.
Democrats and unions tried and failed to unseat enough Republicans to regain the legislature.
Walkers bill was found constitutional.
Supreme Court reinstates collective bargaining law - JSOnline
Republicans still have the majority.
Epic FAIL on your part.
Lost what?
And the UNIONS are the people.
Democrats gained two seats and the one Republican that voted against Walker's unconstitution bill still sits in the State Congress.
That means..Republicans have lost an effective majority.
Walker's toast.
The unions in Wisconsin represent a very small part of the people.
Democrats and unions tried and failed to unseat enough Republicans to regain the legislature.
Walkers bill was found constitutional.
Supreme Court reinstates collective bargaining law - JSOnline
Republicans still have the majority.
Epic FAIL on your part.
Keep telling yourself that.