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!
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