Walker’s office: Wis. will have budget surplus
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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks to supporters during an election night appearance at the Waukesha County Republican Victory Center in Waukesha, Wis. on Tuesday, May 8, 2012. Walker will face Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett in a recall election on June 5.
MADISON — Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s administration said Thursday that its new revenue projections show the state will finish the 2011-2013 budget years with a surplus rather than the deficit predicted earlier this year.
The projections were based on stronger-than-anticipated personal income growth last year, Walker officials said. The numbers could give the governor a boost as he heads into a June 5 recall election against Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett. The Democrat has been pounding Walker over his inability to jumpstart the Wisconsin economy.
“This is great news for the state,” said Walker campaign spokeswoman Ciara Matthews. “(This) is why voters in 2010 chose Scott Walker to be governor and why they will stand with him again on June 5.”
Barrett campaign spokesman Phil Walzak questioned the accuracy of the projections, which were compiled by the Wisconsin Department of Revenue, an agency within Walker’s administration. Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca, D-Kenosha, issued a statement calling the announcement a political gambit.
“The timing of this announcement from Gov. Walker’s partisan budget office is highly suspect given the fact that the governor is in the middle of a campaign,” Barca said.
The nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau estimated in February the state would finish the two-year budget period that ends June 30, 2013, with a $143 million deficit.
But the state Department of Revenue now estimates that the state will take in about $265 million more than the bureau expected, which should translate to a $275.1 million surplus on June 30, 2012, and a $154.5 million surplus on June 30, 2013, Department of Administration Secretary Mike Huebsch wrote in a letter to Walker.
Huebsch said revenue officials based the projections on larger-than-anticipated tax collections through April and revised federal Bureau of Economic Analysis forecasts showing better-than-expected personal income growth in 2011.
State law requires that if revenue exceeds initial projections, half of the surplus must be deposited in the state’s rainy day fund. If Walker’s projections hold, about $45.4 million would go into that fund after June 30.
That would mark the first time in state history that state officials have added to the fund in consecutive years, DOA spokeswoman Jocelyn Webster said. The Walker administration added $14.78 million at the close of the 2011 fiscal year, she said.
Walzak, Barrett’s spokesman, said that if there is a surplus, then the governor should help balance the budget by using the extra money to restore the $26 million he pulled out of the state’s share of a national settlement to help homeowners affected by mortgage abuses. Walzak also suggested that Walker use the money to offset University of Wisconsin System tuition increases.
Webster wouldn’t say how the administration might spend the leftover surplus money, cautioning that the numbers were projections.
“We’ll continue to monitor it and make decisions when the time is appropriate,” she said.
Rep. Robin Vos, R-Rochester, co-chairman of the Legislature’s powerful budget committee, issued a statement trumpeting the new numbers.
“While critics want to talk down to Wisconsin and root against our state, we are showing once again that we’re heading in the right direction,” he said.
Vos couldn’t be reached for comment Thursday evening on how the state might spend the extra money. Co-chairwoman Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, didn’t immediately return a message left at her Capitol office after hours.
Democrats upset with a contentious law that Walker and Republican legislators passed last year that stripped most public workers of nearly all their union rights have forced the governor and four other Republican officeholders into recalls.
Walker and Republican leaders say they had to pass the law to help balance the state’s budget, but Democrats portrayed the changes as a direct assault on organized labor, one of their key constituencies.
May 16, 2012 at 2:03 p.m.
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Walker, Walker, Walker, Walker!!!
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May 16, 2012 at 11:05 a.m.
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RetiredAirForce said, "Hysterical mooshoo! You make an absurd statement and then declare others prove it false; wear that liberal hat proudly."
There goes RetiredAirForce once again accusing others of doing the exact same thing he himself did less than a month ago on April 18, 2012 at 11:28 p.m. Except in RAF's case, it was to cover for his inability to provide proof for a point he had previously made. He asked WalterReuther to prove two negatives as a precursor to himself providing proof for a statement RAF himself had made! Knowing he couldn't prove what he had claimed, RAF admitted to playing his "silly games."
RetiredAirForce said, "Walter that is soooo typical of those that think voter ID isn't required. I can play all the same silly games as well, so I will answer your question right after you answer these.
Please tell me a federal law that all people follow and NEVER break? Provide your proof.
Please tell me a state law that all people follow and NEVER break? Provide your proof." [ http://gazettextra.com/weblogs/latest-ne... ]
May 16, 2012 at 10:06 a.m.
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Hysterical mooshoo! You make an absurd statement and then declare others prove it false; wear that liberal hat proudly.
May 16, 2012 at 7:39 a.m.
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It worked!
http://www.timnerenz.com/2012/05/it-work...
Hats off to you Governor Walker and God Bless.
May 16, 2012 at 7:13 a.m.
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The timing of this announcement from Gov. Walker’s partisan budget office is highly suspect given the fact that the governor is in the middle of a campaign"
Really Barca? You fail to realize that it is a campaign caused by whinny democrats!!!!
May 16, 2012 at 2:40 a.m.
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Is it fear today? Anyhow, if you read what I wrote I was questioning a posters remarks on yes men conjuring up numbers. As far as projections, what about it? It is the job of both the legislative fiscal bureau and the state department of revenue to forecast projections; it is their job. I never said the numbers were correct or not, since they are projections they are based on assumptions, just like any other projection. If you have proof these projections or any other projections are incorrect post your data. Until you do it is clear you’re only complaining, as usual.
May 16, 2012 at 1:37 a.m.
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RAF I find it funny that you are talking about projections as if they are real numbers. You are constantly rabble rousing left wingers for the exact same thing!! These numbers are projections to serve a political end nothing more. I am certain that you would be able to see through that if this was a left wing politician "projecting" new numbers in the midst of a political fight.
First few lines of the article, I guess I assumed you read it. ""Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s administration said Thursday that its new revenue PROJECTIONS show the state will finish the 2011-2013 budget years with a surplus rather than the deficit predicted earlier this year""
Projections are now the new truth for you RAF? Funny how things change when the party changes. I also see that the Govs administration is looking at some new jobs projections so they can somehow change those numbers in their favor.
May 15, 2012 at 11:44 p.m.
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So the secretary just made up the numbers? I anxiously await your credible proof, should I hold my breath as you get it?
May 15, 2012 at 11:13 p.m.
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No2 I understand you are struggling to be relevant; I can only try to empathize over your situation. If you need more attention or help for your ailments please let people know; I am sure someone can help you.
May 15, 2012 at 11:04 p.m.
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"Scott Walker's yes men in the Dept. of Revenue conjured up a surplus"
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They did? Which yes men would that be? The same civil servants (union too) that were employed there when doyle was governor?
May 15, 2012 at 12:52 p.m.
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thekai asked, "I am still wondering where the rational RAF has gone."
He's out looking for lemmings, trolls, sock puppets and red herrings. Early this morning he said, "I Looked and couldn't find any..."
May 15, 2012 at 10:22 a.m.
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Wow, madeindreamland. The link you "try" to post is still attached to the story on the page about the issue; try reading it. I suspect your tinfoil hat is on just a smidge too tight.
May 15, 2012 at 4:26 a.m.
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No2 not sure what to make of your comment first, the fact you finally are admitting something about yourself or just another of your many unoriginal postings.
May 15, 2012 at 4:16 a.m.
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You won't find my ideas under your bed, RAF. Look in my comment section. If you need help finding that, it's near the intersection of Lemming Lane and Troll Trail.
May 15, 2012 at 1:29 a.m.
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Posted below is the total list of all poobah's ideas and original postings.
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May 14, 2012 at 11:45 a.m.
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Well, add another LEMMING to the list of RetiredAirForce's name calling. Sock puppets, red herrings, trolls and lemmings! [ http://www.gazettextra.com/users/Retired... ]
May 14, 2012 at 6:33 a.m. by RetiredAirForce
"You have shown to be nothing more than a lemming."
May 13, 2012 at 9:43 a.m. by RetiredAirForce
"poor troll" [...] "lemming"
May 13, 2012 at 9:39 a.m. by RetiredAirForce
"troll this isn't a term paper."
May 11, 2012 at 8:07 a.m. by RetiredAirForce
"More deflection and adding another red herring"
May 11, 2012 at 7:20 a.m. by RetiredAirForce
"Just more deflection. Ignoring what I stated and comparing to red herrings."
May 5, 2012 at 9:06 a.m. by RetiredAirForce
"everything you attemptes to provide till now was nothing more than red herrings."
May 8 at 5:12 a.m. by RetiredAirForce
"Spoken like a true sock puppet"
May 8 at 3:37 a.m. by RetiredAirForce
"spoken like a true sock puppet"
May 8 at 1:30 a.m. by RetiredAirForce
"I suspect the faux posters and sock puppets will all vote for the fake
republican...fakes stick together."
May 8 at 1:06 a.m. by RetiredAirForce
"I suspect GoodAmerican is just another of the many sock puppets, put forth by a very incapable person to debate ideas based on facts."
May 8 at 1:02 a.m. by RetiredAirForce
"Nothing but a sock puppet"
May 7 at 11:38 p.m. by RetiredAirForce
"As a sock puppet you now have less credibility than mouse."
May 14, 2012 at 8:11 a.m.
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Wisconsin is moving Forward.
John Koskinen - Wisconsin Jobs Outlook for 2012 and 2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Jo9d0t-A...
May 14, 2012 at 6:33 a.m.
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wiggle your continued ignorance on the law is on par with your knowledge of most of the political issues you comment on.
Here is the law:
http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes...
Here are places the places to FREELY file complaints
http://dwd.wisconsin.gov/er/er_know_your...
http://dwd.wisconsin.gov/er/discriminati...
The FALSE claim that a person needs to file in state court further shows your ignorance. A person ALWAYS has the right to take the matter to federal court if they choose.
You have shown to be nothing more than a lemming.
May 13, 2012 at 7:23 p.m.
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RAF you are so full of your self! I was able to file a discrimination lawsuit in Janesville court, Since walker repealed that I can no longer file in state court making it more difficult. You are as ignorant as they come. You are unable to think for your self and you are worthless space.
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Because Wisconsin's state antidiscrimination statute does not permit the compensatory (emotional pain and suffering) and punitive damages (damages intended to punish the employer) allowed under federal law,
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Oh wait here it is idiot
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and because Wisconsin law does not permit a court action to be filed under state law, many Wisconsin attorneys choose to file employment discrimination cases in federal court using federal law.
Link http://www.workplacefairness.org/file_WI...
Read to improve your ignorance. Only 3 places to begin a suit Madison or Milwaukee when I WAS able to do it in Janesville. Your brains have spun out through your ears!
May 13, 2012 at 1:11 p.m.
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RetiredAirForce said to MadeInUSA, "Where did you get that information or did you just make it up?"
I don't know where MadeInUSA got his information from, but he surely didn't plagiarize it from Wikipedia like you did your May 12, 2012 at 10:08 a.m. comment on "GOP: Gay marriage an issue but not like economy." You plagiarized every single word of your comment without giving credit to Wikipedia.
RAF said, "Distraction is the divided attention of an individual or group from the chosen object of attention onto the source of distraction. Distraction is caused by: the lack of ability to pay attention; lack of interest in the object of attention; or the great intensity, novelty or attractiveness of something other than the object of attention." [ http://www.gazettextra.com/news/2012/may... ]
Wikipedia article on Distraction states, "Distraction is the divided attention of an individual or group from the chosen object of attention onto the source of distraction. Distraction is caused by: the lack of ability to pay attention; lack of interest in the object of attention; or the great intensity, novelty or attractiveness of something other than the object of attention." [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distraction... ]
May 13, 2012 at 10:53 a.m.
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"However, the GOP did NOT want it publicly displayed HERE"
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Really? Where did you get that information or did you just make it up?
May 13, 2012 at 9:49 a.m.
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Madeindreamland, that info has been on the rep party website for months. The only learning disability you have displayed is wanting to be spoon feed information instead of looking it up on your own.
May 13, 2012 at 9:27 a.m.
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Holy cow, will you look at that? The report is no longer available. Isn't that public information? Can anyone find the Jan. 31st, 2011 WI Legislative Fiscal report? It shows that there was a $53,000 surplus when Walker took office (or something close to that, but a surplus for sure).
May 13, 2012 at 9:23 a.m.
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Do you mean just like the surplus we had in the WI Legislative Fiscal report of Jan. 2011, before Walker pretended we had some huge deficit to cover?
http://legis.wisconsin.gov/lfb/Misc/2011...
May 13, 2012 at 6:33 a.m.
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If I put off paying my mortgage, I'd have a surplus too... Just saying
May 12, 2012 at 7:45 p.m.
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Mouse - Go back to school. Get a job. Get a life. Learn how to spell. Learn how to complete a sentence. Learn how to succeed in life. Learn how not to hate. Learn how to lead by example. Learn how to enjoy life. Learn some common sense. Please learn something. You are an embarrassment to society and I feel sorry for you.
May 12, 2012 at 4:04 p.m.
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redder said about Walker, "He is doing exactly what he said he would do"
More importantly, and one reason for the recall election, he did exactly what he never said he would do.
May 12, 2012 at 3:19 p.m.
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Yes, and nothing will change my mind
95%
375 votes
Yes, but I’m keeping my options open
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12 votes
No
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I am ineligible.
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4 votes
391 total votes
and this even more...this is your local people... "mousey" now what say you...hhhhmmmm cat got your tounge there mousey...maybe have someone else read these blogs to you, then you might have a rational thought, whom so ever is reading to you now is tripping you up
May 12, 2012 at 3:16 p.m.
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Tom Barrett
32%
107 votes
Scott Walker
64%
214 votes
Undecided
2%
9 votes
Ineligible
0%
2 votes
332 total votes
Ill bet this pisses you off mousey
May 12, 2012 at 3:09 p.m.
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Mouse...Please go back to your hole...you might actually be the most ignorant rodent on this blog....no fact just your head spewing hatred...my new goal in life is to get you to go away...you negative, rude, stupid and just plain old annoying. Your politics are not my taste, and you take away from your party by being just a vile worthless rodent. Like the mouse you claim to be, the best use for you is snake food. I certainly believe that everyone but you deserves an opinion. Yours we all know and is so onesided and close minded(not that rodents have a big brain) and we already know what your responce will be. If you were a republican I would vote democrat just to mess with you. As you attack most people and subject on here who might have a disagreement with you, I have made myself the new cat. now shut up go get a job and leave the state quickly and quietly like your democratic partners did when GOVENOR WALKER, started to get this state back on track. He is doing exactly what he said he would do and guess what...ITS WORKING...i know that pisses you off, GET OVER IT. The state is in better shape because of him...and even if its not a surpluss and maybe its just a tad short, its a FAR CRY CLOSER..than the Dems putting us in BK court
May 12, 2012 at 11:58 a.m.
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vatoloco, do you call 33 Senators, 99 Representatives and 1 Governor controlling the other 5,711,634 democracy?
In great swells of patriotic fervor, many have been convinced that our state and country are true democracies.
May 12, 2012 at 10:26 a.m.
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Raf,
In wiggleworld-anyone who knows someone who was convicted of a crime is as guilty as the person who committed the crime. I wonder where Bill and Hillary Clinton would be today in wiggleworld? Hint.... (in prison)
May 12, 2012 at 9:54 a.m.
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LOL wiggle. You listed people, other than walker, charged/convicted with offences. You provided no proof to your idiotic earlier claim. Sounds very similar to your other lies, like claims changed laws removed protection for women.
May 12, 2012 at 8:55 a.m.
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RetiredAirForce
May 9, 2012 at 12:27 a.m.
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"Walker would be so damaging to this state."
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Do you have proof of your statement being true
I DO - HERE YA GO
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Tim Russell, Scott Walker's former Deputy Chief of Staff, has been arrested and charged with two felonies and a misdemeanor for stealing thousands of dollars intended for wounded veterans and families of military servicemembers who died in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Kevin Kavanaugh, Scott Walker's appointee to a Veteran Service Commission, has been arrested and charged with five felonies related to the theft of funds from Operation Freedom.
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Brian Pierick, Scott Walker's campaign aide and former operator of ScottWalker.org, has been arrested and charged with felony enticement of a child.
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Kelly Rindfleisch, Scott Walker's personal fundraiser for his campaign and his former Deputy Chief of Staff, has been charged with four felonies for sending more than 1,000 campaign emails while supposedly working on the clock for taxpayers just 25 feet from Scott Walker's office.
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Darlene Wink, Scott Walker's former Director of Constituent Services, has been convicted of two misdemeanors under a plea deal for planning campaigning fundraisers, including one with Sarah Palin, on taxpayer dime.
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William Gardner, Scott Walker's close friend and campaign donor, was convicted of the largest campaign finance violation in Wisconsin history for illegally funneling more than $43,000 to Friends of Scott Walker
May 12, 2012 at 8:55 a.m.
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Though I support Walker and anything not fluff-tastic in this state, I want to see the 'surplus' continue to grow and eventually affect the dependency on taxes and revenue. Basically, I want to give the governorship a chance to show that we don't need to spend more and then tax more. I will watch to see how these positive numbers are applied.
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Next, after the dems lose the recall attempt, they will try to leach off of the 'surplus' that they did not help create, and they WILL try to use it for their social programs. I hope Walker and the senate don't allow bills that stupidly tap into the surplus. No more re-distributions!
May 12, 2012 at 8:14 a.m.
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Madeindreamland, that info has been on the rep party website for months. How exactly was it hiding?
May 12, 2012 at 7:49 a.m.
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The only thing more funny than the dem party sponsored website that yada pointed to is the link for donating. It takes you directly to the number one of all political donation groups in the nation, actblue.
http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/list.php...
May 12, 2012 at 7:45 a.m.
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yada declares a website paid for by the dem party and edited and provided information by union members and bloggers like chris libenthal is truthful? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA
May 12, 2012 at 7:38 a.m.
May 12, 2012 at 7:07 a.m.
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walkerinvestigation.com
Read the FACTS and weep, getting closer and closer to Scott Walker. First governor in WI history to set up a legal defense fund. How many high priced lawyers so far? Is it 4? Last bill was for $60 grand.
May 12, 2012 at 7:04 a.m.
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three year olds and little sock toys RAF...lol
May 12, 2012 at 6:45 a.m.
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So give our tax money back to our local municipalities so they can quit raising our property taxes. It's our money Scotty!
May 12, 2012 at 6:09 a.m.
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yada is just exhibiting the same loony behavior as all the other three year olds that don't get their way when stamping their feet and screaming.
May 12, 2012 at 5:57 a.m.
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JAVILLEIS sad with an 86 IQ. I would not waste my time reading your posts...you are so strange. Calling you an idiot would be an insult to all of the stupid people.
May 12, 2012 at 5:51 a.m.
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Time to RECALL ROBIN VOS - Yes it is true. He is the one that will introduce new legislation to make it harder to recall elected officials. He will introduce this legislation in fall. There is NO price tag on democracy in our state and country.
May 12, 2012 at 5:39 a.m.
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Welcome to the PRETEND LAND of Scott Walker. There is NO real surplus...Wake up and read the fine print...Walker is NOT paying all of debt ON TIME. Therefore it will eventually come back and cost taxpayer MORE money PLUS interest. Just like that bill you did NOT pay on time. Walker is now desperate and out of control. He should be required to meet personally with all of the people he has screwed over. Don't forget the $25 million dollars Walker took (stole - your choice)foreclosure settlement money and put in the general fund. In the PAST Walker has said it was WRONG to take "one time" settlement money to balance budgets. Now he is talking out of the other side of his mouth and taking the money for his needs.
May 12, 2012 at 3:19 a.m.
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Wake up citizens of Wisconsin! If you think that Scott Walker actually gives a DAMN about you, I have some swampland in Nevada that I would like to sell you!
May 12, 2012 at 3:06 a.m.
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It's so funny to see that a Walker supporter ACTUALLY thinks that the "entitlement movement" is over thanks to Walker. You're COMPLETELY right. Diane Hendricks and the Koch brothers are just like all of us. Minus the billion dollars.
May 12, 2012 at 2:35 a.m.
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I just LOVE fairy tales!
May 12, 2012 at 12:08 a.m.
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WOW where is he living...oh wait ONEASY STREET.. sure not where most of us are at....barely making it day-to-day street. My income dropped and my husband has been laid off for almost a year 1 plus 1 does not equal two in most households. No jobs no money.. teachers making a mass exodus out of here- next will be our firemen and police--thanks Walker....
May 11, 2012 at 11:24 p.m.
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His parents??
Did you ever see Doyle's parents??
He's over 18, why would you see his parents???
May 11, 2012 at 10:54 p.m.
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Lost jobs??...Well, DUH... Who would invest in a state populated by so many "recall" nuts who are allergic to common sense?????
You think there are "no jobs" now, if Walker gets recalled you'll know what "no jobs" REALLY means.
May 11, 2012 at 10:11 p.m.
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Can't trust what he says, unless it's said to one of his corporate Johns.
May 11, 2012 at 8:12 p.m.
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A "surplus" that was gained off the backs of public workers and kicking people 17,000 of Medicare has resulted in how many jobs?
May 11, 2012 at 8:06 p.m.
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Wisconsin missing out on U.S. jobs gains
March 3, 2012 11:49 p.m.
Wisconsin desperately needs new jobs.
Alone among the 50 states, it has lost private-sector jobs for six straight months, raising the political and economic stakes of the next jobs report, due Thursday for the month of January.
Even feeble job creation would bring a sense of relief to a recession-weary state and a pro-business governor who campaigned on a promise to add 250,000 new private-sector jobs in his current term.
"The rest of the nation is moving upwards. We're one of the few states moving downward. There's something wrong," said economist Steven Deller of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The United States as a whole has added private-sector jobs 23 months in a row, including almost a half million jobs in the past two months.
But Wisconsin has been moving in the opposite direction, a trend that not only threatens Gov. Scott Walker's campaign promise but could cloud any message of economic renewal as the state heads into an all-but-certain recall election this summer.
An analysis of jobs data shows that Wisconsin lags the nation in a number of ways that reflect grimly on its economy:
■Wisconsin has lost more private-sector jobs (an estimated 27,700) than any state in the country since the middle of last year (July through December), according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Only one other state, Missouri, is close, losing about 19,000 jobs in that stretch.
■Although the state added more than 41,000 private-sector jobs in the first half of 2011, losses in the second half of the year have wiped out most of those gains, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
■Despite an uptick in December, Wisconsin has the biggest six-month decline in manufacturing jobs in the nation after California. That's significant because Wisconsin depends more on manufacturing for jobs than any state but Indiana. It's also significant at a time when a renaissance in manufacturing is helping drive the national recovery.
■Wisconsin's job losses can't be readily explained as part of a broader pattern involving Midwestern or industrial states. Wisconsin's neighbors are all outperforming the state when it comes to job growth over the past six months.
■Wisconsin also lags in some broader measures and forecasts. The most recent leading indicators for each of the 50 states, compiled by the Philadelphia Federal Reserve, identify Wisconsin as one of only six states expected to contract in the first half of this year.
RECALL WALKER
May 11, 2012 at 8:05 p.m.
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motorman is right saxcat. Even worse, the 1% laugh at you out loud because they think you're so stupid to vote in their best interests and not your own. See: useful idiot.
May 11, 2012 at 7:22 p.m.
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"The numbers came from within Walker's administration." Shocking.
May 11, 2012 at 7:08 p.m.
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If I followed Scooters financial wisdom and delayed paying my bills, I'd have a surplus too.
What's unbelievable is all the morons that buy into his BS.
May 11, 2012 at 5:39 p.m.
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Mouse, do you have any original thoughts? All you do is post links to other stories that are filled with lies.
Jowner, first learn to spell. Second of all, you have no proof that Gov. Walker got kicked out of school. Stop spreading lies or your posts will be removed.
May 11, 2012 at 5:35 p.m.
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fearandrhetoric4dummies, there has been three changes because the first surplus was when the Democrats put out the greasy palms and wanted to spend all that and more. Therefore, they had to readjust the numbers which caused a deficit. Now that those spending sprees have been shot down, we are back into surplus.
By the way, these same Democrats want to spend again on one side and tell you there is no surplus on the other. To take them at face value, the Democrats want to spend money they don't have.
May 11, 2012 at 4:40 p.m.
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Let's see the numbers using GAAP - then we can make some judgements.
May 11, 2012 at 4:40 p.m.
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Walker Finds Surplus in Imaginationland.
May 11, 2012 at 4:39 p.m.
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Seems to be a lot of estimating going on here. Funny how we can estimate that large of a change in the matter of 3 months? Ever wonder where that estimation comes from? Funny how they estimated that the budget was balanced too, oops! Never mind were 147 million in defecit! When Walker took office the same people ESTIMATED the big 3.6 billion number. Wehn the year before there was a 117 million dollar defecit. Lots of estimating going on , but very few facts.
May 11, 2012 at 4:33 p.m.
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...and Mouse, the only person that screwed themselves, was you. Your life and where you are at is not the doing of others. It's the doing of your lack of education, childish tantrums and the belief that the World owes you for your own misguided existence. Your level of jealousy for others especially those that post on this website is alarming. Jealousy is an awful trait to have and will get you nowhere. That is obvious as you look in the mirror each morning.
May 11, 2012 at 4:28 p.m.
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Mouse - You are so pathetic. You bring my name up on a story that I haven't even posted on. Get a life. It's alarming how possessed you are over what I say. How does it feel to hide behind your keyboard Mouse and insult people on here daily? Yep, I voted for Walker and will again. Were you one of many that signed the recall that owes backed taxes Mouse? How truly sad.
May 11, 2012 at 4:12 p.m.
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The nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau estimated in February the state would finish the two-year budget period that ends June 30, 2013, with a $143 million deficit.
But the state Department of Revenue now estimates that the state will take in about $265 million more than the bureau expected, which should translate to a $275.1 million surplus on June 30, 2012, and a $154.5 million surplus on June 30, 2013, Department of Administration Secretary Mike Huebsch wrote in a letter to Walker.
Same bureau that Doyle used for his numbers. Which was always a deficit.
May 11, 2012 at 4:07 p.m.
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Sure will be nice when this recall tantrum is over.
May 11, 2012 at 4:02 p.m.
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Well done Governor Walker. For 8 years under Governor Doyle, the budget needed "fixing" because the state always either spent more than it was suppose to or revenues came up short. That or the set aside funds were tapped to cover the overspending in spite of the law. That was another problem Governor Walker had to fix when he came into office last year. The court had ordered the state to put money back into one of those funds. Of course, Governor Doyle was leaving that little budget buster for his successor. It's almost as if the Democrats were sabotaging the new Governor's budget even before they knew they were going to lose the office. Nah, they wouldn't do that, would they??
May 11, 2012 at 3:56 p.m.
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Is this the same group of idiots that believed the budget was balanced? Boy are you guys gullible. Funny how they are projecting this now, far ahead of the projections due from the Legislative Fiscal bureau. Wonder why? Can you say propaganda?
May 11, 2012 at 3:51 p.m.
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since when is a surplus a bad thing when we are in huge debt as a nation? not siding with anyone but that sounds more like a good thing than bad maybe im wrong
May 11, 2012 at 3:33 p.m.
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Shopieh,
Yes, I don't understand how anyone who surrounds him/herself with child molesters, felons, and thieves can be successful in public office. Just ask Bill Clinton or Ted kennedy or John Edwards or that bastion of tolerance Robert Byrd.
But you know best, you are an intellectual-not a simple minded idiot.
May 11, 2012 at 3:07 p.m.
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So let's get the liberals in there so they can give that surplus away so even the people who choose to sit on their duffs and do nothing will feel like they've been treated fair.....
May 11, 2012 at 2:45 p.m.
May 11, 2012 at 2:40 p.m.
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Conservatism works, liberalism fails.
May 11, 2012 at 2:38 p.m.
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Ya right. And we're also going to have a settlement on the moon. Don't ever believe a man that was expelled from college for embesslement.
May 11, 2012 at 2:35 p.m.
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Good news for the state = bad news for democrats.
May 11, 2012 at 2:02 p.m.
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Gandalf all I am doing is pointing out how the crying we have heard for a year is by people that don't have it so bad, the primary on Tuesday illustrated that nicely. If things are going great I say give the teachers all we can, things are not great time to make cuts as we all have.
May 11, 2012 at 1:39 p.m.
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The non-partisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau does not release numbers at this time of year, so this is quite the coincidence. Has Walker's regime even infected the parts of our government that are supposed to be disassociated from day-to-day politics? I think we may need an audit of the process by which these numbers came out -- after we clean house.
May 11, 2012 at 1:18 p.m.
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Another day, another Walker lie. Just in time for elections. Thanks Guv for being so obvious with your 'projected surplus.' I will wait to see what the balance sheets say at the END of the fiscal year. Hopefully, you will be looking for another job in a few weeks.
May 11, 2012 at 1:05 p.m.
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Maybe you can find it mouse at the Clocktower with your 14 pals.
May 11, 2012 at 12:56 p.m.
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"Successfull people are willing to do what unsuccessfull people aren't!"
May 11, 2012 at 12:47 p.m.
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I am using all the arguments the teachers have the song is old and tired. Even the democrat party left them hanging by picking Barrett. The best thing about ACT 10 was that it exposed the costs of 'education' to more people that were told for years teachers were so poorly treated. But when those claims were being brought to people making much less with as much education and skills working 12 months, unable to retire at 55 or even worse not able to find work at all and more than willing to contribute to their own benefits, it fell on deaf ears and reality set in... Finally.
May 11, 2012 at 12:43 p.m.
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Eagle1 - How much money you make is no ones fault but your own. If you keep making less and less... perhaps you should enter a field of work you can excell in?
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When are people going to realize that the best of the best workers usually dont have issues? Not just education wise, punctuality ise and common sense wise also. If your life is non-stop employment problems perhaps you should look in the mirror? Are you reliable? acountable? Good attitude? Punctual? and open to learn new things? Perhaps you need to work on something of YOURSELF? Those that go above and beyond move up and have jobs and dont complain and do well. Those that dont...well, they sit and complain that they cant get a job and then they try and find someone to blame because of course it isnt their fault. The lack of personal accountability is the problem all these people have.
May 11, 2012 at 12:39 p.m.
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You people stop picking on mouse. She may not be a professional golfer but she's trying. Too rich to eat at McDonalds or too rich to shop at Walmart. Sits all day with her box of candy and writes insults to other people who have a difference of opinion. That can not be tolerated and her butler will come and slap you with his white glove. Be careful!
May 11, 2012 at 12:14 p.m.
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Just another reason to vote for Gov. Walker. When will you whiners admit he is doing a good job? Face it, you lost the election and will lose again. Stand with Walker!
May 11, 2012 at 12:12 p.m.
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I also work 12 months a year as most do and will not even think of retirement in my 50's with the option to double dip... I guess I should have been a teacher!
May 11, 2012 at 12:11 p.m.
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Mouse I make half what I made 7 years ago... Try again
May 11, 2012 at 12:04 p.m.
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If you believe those surplus numbers, you probably also believe he will keep his promise to create 250,000 new jobs and 10,000 new businesses.
May 11, 2012 at 12:04 p.m.
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your god mouse, not mine. just another union that you pay into every week hoping , just hoping, for eternal joy.
May 11, 2012 at 11:32 a.m.
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Stubby so by your line of thinking when I began paying 22% of my salary for MY retirement and MY insurance, that was a pay cut? That is at a salary more than 25% less than the average teacher in Janesville and I also have two college degrees. See where it is a bit difficult for me and many others to have a lot of sympathy?
May 11, 2012 at 11:23 a.m.
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You bloggers bitch when there is a deficit, you bitch when there is a surplus. What on earth makes you pathetic people happy? Holy man, I've never seen so many angry people than those in Janesville. Do everybody a favor, stay in your little isolated mean world so you don't infect the other 49 states.
May 11, 2012 at 11:23 a.m.
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Eagle- I mean returning money taken from the state shared revenue for schools - money that keeps people employed and programs going.
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Your Neenah reference - I believe you are talking about them raising the BASE salary - which effects new or recently hired teachers, but not 95% of their staff. You neglect to mention the cuts in benefits that are reducing the real income of each teacher's family by over $2500, this after a 6- 10% reduction in take home pay as the result of Act 10. When you cut the incomes of hundreds of middle class families, the businesses in the area suffer.
May 11, 2012 at 11:16 a.m.
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If the surplus is not real, why are the dems already thinking up ways to spend it? Typical!
May 11, 2012 at 11:02 a.m.
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sniff sniff.
not the poor!!!!!!
May 11, 2012 at 10:48 a.m.
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The following was not posted on the online article, but explains the budget surplus - increasing costs down the road and cutting more services for the poor.
The paper version of the gazette states this, but not the online version?
"A large chunk of the surplus is realized by delaying payments that will ultimately cost taxpayers more in interest."
"The budget numbers released Thursday do not account for a sizable shortfall in the state's health programs for the poor that Walker's administration says it will deal with through increased efficiencies and spending cuts."
May 11, 2012 at 10:48 a.m.
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916 where are the savings in Milton?? All of the"savings" have been overcome by shared revenue cuts. Teachers being laid off statewide, Thanks Governor Walker!!
May 11, 2012 at 10:46 a.m.
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Eagle- You are smarter than that. If you buy this article in pieces then youll buy the Neenah story. They did not "Give" money to teachers. Read the article fully and you will understand the propaganda there or maybe you wont, or maybe you dont want to.
The "raise is only given to the new teachers to raie the base salary. After that they decrease the pension by over 70% and increase insurance cost and deductibles dramatically. I swear some of you people need to stop reading headlines and living off them.. LIKE THIS ONE!!
May 11, 2012 at 10:31 a.m.
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MadeinUSA......Walker was asked about two very specific provisions of Act 10, not Act 10 as a whole. If you truly think that removing power from these unions will not result in a cost savings to the school districts, there is no hope for you........
May 11, 2012 at 10:26 a.m.
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Stubby, By refunding do you mean just giving money to teachers? The School district in neenah did just that.
May 11, 2012 at 10:13 a.m.
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I find it interesting that he talks about a surplus by 2013. At that time will his "promises" be just another misstep or simple miscalculation like job creation. I think I'll quit paying my bills and those things that I have contracted for so that I can balance my own budget.
May 11, 2012 at 9:41 a.m.
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Apparently, divide and conquer the unions worked.
The numbers could give the governor a boost as he heads into a June 5 recall election against Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett.
Except for those willing to lay on the train tracks, so blinded by the spot light of left wing propaganda.
May 11, 2012 at 9:37 a.m.
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Why is this info missing from this article?
"A large chunk of the surplus is realized by delaying payments that will ultimately cost taxpayers more in interest.
The budget numbers released Thursday do not account for a sizable shortfall in the state's health programs for the poor that Walker's administration says it will deal with through increased efficiencies and spending cuts."
http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepoliti...
May 11, 2012 at 9:28 a.m.
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When there was a shortfall the first cuts were to to the schools, so I'm certain that when there is a surplus the first things to be re-funded will also be the schools. Right? Right? (I'm not holding my breath....)
May 11, 2012 at 9:14 a.m.
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Thank you, Sigma.
I now feel much better about the election.
May 11, 2012 at 9:07 a.m.
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Seems people are blind to what success is. With success what would we complain about? I think the only problem Walker is going to create is the HUGE landslide hes going to create when he wins. The landslide might make a lot of people cry and maybe they will try and collect some kind of govt hand out for it.
May 11, 2012 at 9:02 a.m.
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some folks are still not over being picked last in kickball. don't fret. there's always room in the smoke pit, where the burnouts hang out. Lookin like a bunch of dirty sheep doing nothin.
May 11, 2012 at 8:59 a.m.
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Accio surplus projectus.
May 11, 2012 at 8:42 a.m.
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You are not welcome with the 1%.
You don't get to choose.
They choose.
May 11, 2012 at 8:38 a.m.
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More of the Walker fuzzy math....he has lied too much to be trusted.
May 11, 2012 at 8:35 a.m.
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I'd rather hang with the 1% than the "99%" (in quotes) who suck off the teat.
May 11, 2012 at 8:27 a.m.
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More money for the 1%.
May 11, 2012 at 8:22 a.m.
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or, perhaps, concernedwi, his office is using the system to it's full advantage. In this world of "seasonally adjusted" numbers, and government accounting, every department has its own methods. One would be a fool to not take advantage of it. Kind of like the guy who makes 40 grand a year cash working construction and collects badgercare.
May 11, 2012 at 8:20 a.m.
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The complaints against Walker could be used against Obama just as well.
May 11, 2012 at 8:12 a.m.
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Didn't the State just tell the Feds that we have a deficit so we could kick 17,000 off of medicare? Every day seems to be a different story with Walker. Either he is lying half the time or his office and appointed people really don't know whats going on.
May 11, 2012 at 8:09 a.m.
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