Is Wisconsin 'broke'? Answer is in the eye of the beholder, experts say

[Swede]

The governor has repeated the message time and again, from his Inauguration Day speech to a "fireside chat" to discuss his proposal to limit collective bargaining for most public employees. It is usually followed by calls for budget cuts.

Trouble is, many experts say Wisconsin isn't really broke.

"That is not correct," said Andrew Reschovsky, a professor of public affairs and applied economics at UW-Madison's La Follette School of Public Affairs. "Wisconsin has a range of options other than cutting spending."

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[midnight]

1. If Scott Walker continues to give away our revenue building

parks, airports, energy, with no bid contracts to his chamber buddies then the answer will be yes....

[dkf]

2. Oh for goodness sakes a deficit is a deficit.

People who can't recognize a problem are the problem.

[Scuba]

3. We wouldn't have a deficit had Walker not passed...

...$140M in tax breaks for his biggest donors in his first week in office.

And we wouldn't have a deficit if we were to just tax the corporations and wealthiest citizens, just a little bit more.


The whole deficit 'sky is falling' meme is charade designed to create a false crisis which is then used to justify anything Walker and his cronies do.

[Hannah Bell]

4. and the same thing can be said of the national deficit.

[Scuba]

5. Exactly, thanks for adding that!!