% >> THE QUESTION TONIGHT, COULD
% GOVERNOR TONY EVERS VETO THE
% ENTIRE STATE BUDGET OVER CUTS
% MADE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF
% WISCONSIN BUDGET.
% >> THE JOINT FINANCE COMMITTEE
% LATE THIS WEEK VOTED TO CUT $32
% MILLION FROM THE UW SYSTEM
% OPERATING BUDGET ALONG WITH 188
% POSITIONS TO TARGET DIVERSITY,
% EQUITY AND INCLUSION EFFORTS.
% GOVERNOR EVERS HAD THREATENED TO
% VETO THE BUDGET IN THE EVENT OF
% SUCH CUTS.
% BUDGET WRITERS ALSO VOTED TO
% APPROVE A $3.5 BILLION TAX CUT,
% THE LARGEST REDUCTIONS FOR
% PEOPLE IN HIGHER INCOME BRACKETS
% LIKE MARRIED JOINT FILERS MAKING
% MORE THAN $405,000 OF INCOME.
% EVERS HAS SAID HE OPPOSES THE
% TOP BRACKET TAX CUT.
% REPUBLICANS HERALD THE CUTS AS
% THEY WRAPPED UP BUDGET WORK
% SENDING IT ON TO THE
% LEGISLATURE.
% >> WE BELIEVE THIS IS A HISTORIC
% BUDGET.
% WE INVEST HISTORIC AMOUNTS OF
% MONEY IN OUR CORE PRIORITIES
% WHILE ALSO PROVIDING FOR A
% HISTORIC TAX CUT, LARGEST TAX
% CUT IN HISTORY.
% >> IT IS MISGUIDED PRIORITIES
% ENTIRELY THAT WE'VE SEEN UP AND
% DOWN THIS BUDGET AND THE FACT
% THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO LOSE
% THEIR JOBS AND
% MULTI-MILLIONAIRES ARE GOING TO
% MAKE AN ADDITIONAL $1.8 MILLION