% >> Frederica: GOVERNOR TONY
% EVERS PROPOSED THE LARGEST
% BUDGET IN STATE HISTORY WITH
% INVESTMENTS IN SCHOOLS AND %
PUBLIC GOVERNMENT.
% >> WE CARRY THE WEIGHT OF
% PROSPERITY WE HAVE A DUTY TO
% INVEST IN NEEDS THAT HAVE BEEN
% LONG NEGLECTED.
% >> Frederica: WISCONSIN'S $7
% BILLION BUDGET SURPLUS IS FUELED
% IN PART BY THE FACT REPUBLICANS
% IN THE LEGISLATURE AND GOVERNOR
% EVERS COULD NOT AGREE ON HOW TO
% SPEND THE SPUR PLUS TWO YEARS
% AGO.%NOW EVERS SAID THE STATE
NEEDS
% TO MAKE UP FOR LOST TIME AND
% HE'S PROPOSING AN ADDITIONAL
% $2.6 BILLION INVESTMENT IN K-12
% EDUCATION OVER THE NEXT TWO
% YEARS.
% >> TONIGHT I'M CALLING ON THE
% LEGISLATURE TO JOIN ME IN DOING
% WHAT'S BEST FOR KIDS BY
% IMPROVING THE LARGEST INVESTMENT
% IN K-12 SCHOOLS AND EDUCATION IN
% OUR STATE'S HISTORY.
% >> Frederica: THAT INCLUDES $1
% BILLION IN ADDITIONAL AID TO
% SCHOOLS INCLUDING REVENUE BOOSTS
% OF $350 PER PUPIL IN THE FIRST
% YEAR OF THE BUDGET AROUND $650
% IN YEAR TWO.
% HISTORICALLY THE STATE STRUGGLED
% TO PAY FOR TWO-THIRDS OF PUBLIC
% SCHOOL COSTS BUT THIS BUDGET
% WOULD PUT STATE FUNDING EIGHT
% POINTS ABOVE THAT AND INVEST AN
% EXTRA $1 BILLION INTO SPECIAL
% EDUCATION FUNDING AND $270
% MILLION FOR STUDENT MENTAL
% HEALTH.
% >> LET'S MAKE SURE EVERY KID IN
% WISCONSIN HAS ACCESS TO
% SCHOOL-BASED MENTAL HEALTH
% SERVICES.
% >> Frederica: THE BUDGET WOULD
% INCLUDE A PERMANENT BOOST TO
% FUNDING FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
% USING AN IDEA REPUBLICANS CLAIM
% EVERS TOOK FROM THEM.
% >> I PLEDGE MY SUPPORT TO SEND
% 20% OF THE STATE SALES TAX
% REVENUE BA TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES
% FOR SHARED REVENUE AND OUR
% BUDGET INCLUDES THAT PROPOSAL I
% DON'T CARE WHERE IT CAME FROM
% PROVIDING MORE THAN HALF A
% BILLION IN RESOURCES TO INVEST
% IN KEY PRIORITIES LIKE PUBLIC
% SAFETY.
% WE HAVE TO GET THIS DONE FAST.
% >> Frederica: A LARGE PART OF
% THE BUDGET CONVERSATION DATING
% BACK TO THE ELECTION LAST YEAR
% WAS ABOUT TAX CUTS.
% >> I'M DELIVERING ON MY PROMISE
% FOR A 10% MIDDLE-CLASS TAX CUT
% AND PROVIDING $1.2 BILLION IN
% TAX RELIEF FOR WORKING FAMILIES.
% >> Frederica: REPUBLICANS HAVE
% FLOAT THE IDEA OF MOVING TO A
% FLAT TAX WHICH WOULD PRIMARILY
% BENEFIT WEALTHY TAXPAYERS.
% >> UNDER MY PLAN IF YOU'RE A
% SINGLE FILER MAKING LESS THAN
% $100,000 OR MARRIED JOINT FILER
% MAKING LESS THAN $150,000 THE
% CORNERSTONE OF MY TAX PLAN WILL
% CUT YOUR TAXES BY 10%.
% THAT'S REAL SUSTAINABLE RELIEF
% THAT WILL KEEP INCOME TAXES LOW
% NOW AND IN THE FUTURE WITHOUT
% CAUSING DEVASTATING CUTS TO
% PRIORITIES LIKE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
% AND PUBLIC SAFETY.
% >> Frederica: THE BIGGEST NEW
% PROPOSAL UNVEILED WEDNESDAY WAS
% THE PAID FAMILY LEAVE PROGRAM.
% >> I AM ANNOUNCING WE'RE GOING
% TO CREATE A STATEWIDE PROGRAM TO
% PROVIDE MOST PRIVATE SECTOR
% WORKERS WITH WISCONSIN PAID
% FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE FOR 12
% WEEKS AND WE'RE GOING TO DO IT
% BY INVESTING MORE THAN MORE $240
% MILLION IN FUNDS TO GET THAT
% FUND GOING.
% >> Frederica: SIMILAR TO THE
% STATE'S UNEMPLOYMENT PLAN, PAID
% FAMILY LEAVE WOULD EVENTUALLY BE
% PAID BY FEES BY WORKERS AND
% BUSINESSES.
% THE BUDGET ADDRESS THE
% GOVERNOR'S LAST CHANCE TO DIRECT
% THE DEBATE.
% IT NOW GOES TO THE LEGISLATURE
% WHERE REPUBLICANS HAVE ALREADY
% PROMISED TO IGNORE THE ENTIRE
% PROPOSAL.
% BUT EVERS ENDED HIS SPEECH WITH
% ONE LAST PLEA FOR REPUBLICANS TO
% CONSIDER HIS IDEA.
% >> LET'S DISPOSE OF THE NOTION
% THAT PRIORITIES IN THE BUDGET
% ARE SOMEHOW EXTREME OR FAR
% FETCHED.
% I PROMISE YOU THIS, IN THIS
% BUDGET THERE'S MORE THAN UNITES