% >> THIS WEEK, GOVERNOR TONY
% EVERS DELIVERED HIS FIFTH STATE
% OF THE STATE ADDRESS BEFORE THE
% FULL LEGISLATURE, COVERING A
% WIDE RANGE OF PRIORITIES FROM
% MENTAL HEALTH AND FOREVER
% CHEMICALS, TO TAX RELIEF AND
% SHARED REVENUE.
% ALL OF WHICH FORESHADOW WHAT WE
% CAN EXPECT TO SEE IN HIS
% FORTHCOMING BUDGET, WHICH THE
% GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE
% WILL HAVE A WHOPPING PROJECTED
% $7.1 BILLION SURPLUS TO WORK
% WITH.
% >> WE CAN CONTINUE OUR PROGRESS
% MAKING THE WISE INVESTMENTS
% WE'VE LONG NEEDED TO DO, AND NOT
% BECAUSE ANYONE WANTS TO MAKE
% GOVERNMENT BIGGER, BUT BECAUSE
% WISCONSINITES WANT A GOVERNMENT
% THAT WORKS AND WORKS BETTER.
% WE HAVE ROADS AND BRIDGES TO
% FIX, SCHOOLS TO FUND, KIDS TO
% SUPPORT, COMMUNITIES TO KEEP
% SAFE, WATER TO KEEP CLEAN AND A
% FUTURE WE BUILD TOGETHER AFTER
% YEARS OF NEGLECT THAT TODAY WE
% MUST WORK TO PROTECT.
% >> WISCONSIN REPUBLICANS WILL
% NOT RAISE YOUR TAXES, AND WE
% WON'T PASS A BUDGET THAT DOESN'T
% HAVE SIGNIFICANT TAX REFORM.
% WE WILL NOT GROW THE SIZE OF
% GOVERNMENT BEYOND OUR ABILITY TO
% PAY.
% WE WILL FIGHT TO EXPAND CHOICES
% FOR PARENTS IN EVERY ZIP CODE IN%
WISCONSIN.
% WE WILL MAKE SURE OUR NEIGHBORS
% GET A HAND UP AND NOT A%PERM
ANENT HANDOUT.
% AND WE WILL INVEST IN OUR
% PRIORITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT
% GOVERNMENT AT EVERY LEVEL CAN