% MONTHS.%>> ALL RIGHT, CHARLE
S FRANK,
% THANKS VERY MUCH FOR YOUR WORK.
% >> THANK YOU.
% >> AS ALWAYS THERE'S A LOT GOING
% ON IN WISCONSIN FROM POLITICS TO
% POLICY.%TONIGHT WE CHECK IN
WITH OUR
% POLITICAL PANELIST REPUBLICAN
% BILL McCOSHEN AND DEMOCRAT SCOT
% ROSS.
% THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
% FIRST OFF WHAT IS YOUR BROAD
% TAKE ON THE LEGISLATURE'S STATE
% BUDGET JUST PASSED AND AWAITING
% THE GOVERNOR'S ACTION?
% IS IT WHAT YOU EXPECTED WITH A 7
% BILLION DOLLAR SURPLUS?
% >> I THINK IT'S A 7 BILLION
% DOLLAR WASTED OPPORTUNITY BY
% REPUBLICANS TO SUPPORT THINGS
% THAT ARE GOING TO HELP THE
% PEOPLE OF WISCONSIN, MEN, WOMEN,
% CHILDREN, THRIVE AND EXCEL.
% WE MISSED THE OPPORTUNITY TO END
% THE CRIMINAL ABORTION BAN.
% WE'RE GASHING THE UW SYSTEM.
% WE'RE NOT FULLY FUNDING PUBLIC
% EDUCATION.%LET'S JUST TALK AB
OUT CHILDCARE.
% WE'VE GOT CHILDCARE, THERE WAS
% AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE REAL
% CHILDCARE BUT INSTEAD WE'RE
% GIVING A TAX BREAK TO THE TOP 1
% PERCENT.
% 25,000 PEOPLE ARE GETTING THE
% 300 MILLION DOLLARS THAT COULD
% HAVE OTHERWISE PREVENTED 2500
% CHILDCARE FACILITIES FROM
% CLOSING THE NEXT COUPLE OF
% YEARS.
% IT'S JUST SHAMEFUL.
% >> I THINK VIEWERS SHOULD BE
% EXCITED ABOUT THIS BUDGET.
% THIS IS TONY'S THIRD BUDGETS
% WITH REPUBLICANS IN THE MAJORITY
% WHERE THEY HAVE GRAND BARGAINS
% ON KEY ISSUES.
% SHARED REVENUE, HISTORIC
% INCREASE IN FUNDING TO LOCAL
% GOVERNMENT, K-12 AND CHARTER
% SCHOOLS, ALL KIDS BENEFIT
% REGARDLESS OF WHICH CHOICE THEIR
% PARENTS MAKE FOR THEIR
% EDUCATION, HOUSING 500 MILLION
% DOLLARS, TO INCREASE THE HOUSING
% STOCK NOT ONLY IN URBAN BUT
% RURAL AREAS AS WELL.
% LITERACY, TRANSPORTATION, PAY
% RAISES FOR STATE EMPLOYEES.
% ALL OF THOSE THINGS THEY AGREED
% ON.
% THAT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT'S
% HAPPENED IN THE LAST THREE
% BUDGETS.
% I THINK THERE'S A LOT TO BE
% EXCITED ABOUT IN THIS BUDGET.
% >> WHAT DO YOU THINK THE
% GOVERNOR MIGHT DO?
% >> I TALKED TO SOMEBODY TODAY
% FROM THE EAST WING AND THEY SAID
% THE CHANCE OF VETOING THE ENTIRE
% BUDGET ARE FIFTY-FIFTY.
% IF NOT THEY'RE GOING TO LINE
% ITEM AS MUCH AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE
% AS THE GOVERNOR ALREADY STATED
% AND I THINK FOR GOOD REASON
% BECAUSE WE MISSED OPPORTUNITIES,
% HANDING OUT TOO MUCH MONEY TO
% PEOPLE.%>> WHAT WOULD HE BE
VETOING
% OVER?% >> THE TAX PLAN IN P
ARTICULAR.
% YOU SEE HOW MUCH MONEY THEY'RE
% WASTING.
% THE TOP 1 PERCENT IS TAKING AWAY
% 300 PLUS BILLION DOLLARS.
% IF YOU GET RID OF THAT TOP RATE
% IT'S 700 MILLION DOLLARS LOST
% THAT COULD BE INVESTED IN THINGS
% LIKE CHILDCARE.
% >> THREE CHOICES, SIGN IT IN
% TOTAL, HE WON'T DO THAT, VETO IT
% COMPLETELY, I DON'T THINK THAT'S
% REALISTIC, OR PARTIAL VETOES IS
% REALISTIC.%HIS STAFF INDICATE
D HE WILL USE
% IT AS MUCH AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE.
% THE REASON HE WON'T VETO THE
% WHOLE BILL, THE FUNDING IS IN
% THIS BILL.
% THE LIKELIHOOD OF A BETTER DEAL
% NEXT TIME AROUND IS ZERO.
% >>
% TO ELIMINATE UW DEI OFFICES.
% BUT WHAT'S NEXT IN THE REALM OF
% ABANDONING DIVERSITY, EQUITY,
% AND INCLUSION INITIATIVES IN
% WISCONSIN?%>> I DON'T THINK W
E'RE
% ABANDONING IT BUT I THINK MAYBE
% FINALLY WE'RE GOING TO PUT THE
% FOCUS WHERE IT BELONGS WHICH IS
% ON URBAN SCHOOLS.
% IF YOU WANT TO GIVE
% AFRICAN-AMERICAN KIDS A BETTER
% OPPORTUNITY YOU HAVE TO TEACH
% THEM TO READ.
% WHEN 22 CAN READ AT GRADE LEVEL
% AND 80 PERCENT CAN'T, THE 80
% PERCENT IS NEVER GOING TO MAKE
% IT TO COLLEGE AND MORE LIKELY TO
% END UP IN PRISON.
% THAT HAS TO BE THE FOCUS IS
% MAKING SURE OUR URBAN SCHOOLS
% DELIVER THE KIND OF EDUCATION
% THOSE KIDS NEED AND THE TRUTH IS
% THE ONES WHO SUFFER THE MOST ARE
% ASIAN AMERICANS, NOT WHITES.
% >> I THINK IT'S DISGRACEFUL WHAT
% THE SUPREME COURT AND REPUBLICAN
% LEGISLATURE IS TRYING TO DO.
% AGAIN, DIVERSITY IS WHAT MAKES
% WISCONSIN, WHAT MAKES THE
% UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN GREAT,
% AND STYMYING THAT BECAUSE YOU
% THINK IT PLAYS YOUR RACIST BASE
% IS NOT THE WAY TO GO.
% 34 MILLION DOLLARS CUT OUT OF
% UW.%SO A STUDENT WHO GRADUAT
ED FROM
% THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA GETS
% TO WALK AFTER FOUR YEARS ACROSS
% THE AISLE.
% A STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
% WISCONSIN WILL HAVE TO STAY FIVE
% YEARS BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GET
% WHAT THEY NEED IN FOUR YEARS AS
% A RESULT.
% >> MY SON GRADUATED FROM MADISON
% IN MAY.
% I WAS AT THE GRADUATION
% CEREMONY.%FEWER THAN 200 AFR
ICAN-AMERICANS
% CROSSED THE STAGE OUT OF 8,000.
% >> WE HAVE TO DOUBLE DOWN AND
% NOT TAKE IT BACK.
% WHAT THE SUPREME COURT DID WAS
% DISGRACEFUL AND PROBABLY WAS THE
% WORST WEEK FOR THE SUPREME COURT
% OTHER THAN PLESSENGER VERSUS
% FERGUSON.%>> SPEAKING OF THE
SUPREME
% COURT, THEY TURNED BACK JOE
% BIDEN'S ACTION TO CANCEL STUDENT
% LOAN DEBT.
% WHAT IS THE COMPLIIMPLICATIONS?
% >> I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW
% PROVIDING ROBIN VOS WITH A
% 300,000 LOAN, HE'S A
% MULTI-MILLIONAIRE, HOW THAT
% HELPS THE ECONOMY, BUT FORGIVING
% 10,000 DOLLARS FOR NEARLY A
% MILLION STUDENT LOAN BORROW ERS
% WHO WILL PUT IT BACK IN THE
% ECONOMY HELPS OUR ECONOMY.
% IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
% AND THE PEOPLE WHO FINANCED THE
% LAWSUIT GOT A PPP LOAN.
% IT'S HYPOCRISY.
% >> I'M ONE OF SEVEN KIDS.
% THE NOTION THAT I WOULD GO TO A
% BIG TEN SCHOOL AND GET A DEGREE
% WAS UNTHINKABLE WHEN I WAS A
% KID, YET IT HAPPENED.
% WHY?
% I INVESTED IN MYSELF.
% I TOOK OUT STUDENT LOANS.
% I PAID THOSE BACK.
% I VIEWED IT AS AN INVESTMENT IN
% MYSELF AND I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO
% PAY FOR SOMEONE ELSE WHO MADE
% THAT SAME CHOICE.
% >> THAT'S THE ARGUMENT.
% >> WE SPENT THE MONEY, WE USED
% TO INVEST TEN CENTS OF EVERY GPR
% DOLLAR INTO HIGHER GENERAEDUCAT.
% IT'S DOWN TO TWO AND A HALF
% CENTS.
% I PAID STUDENT DEBT FOR 26
% YEARS.%I SUPPORT FORGIVING EV
ERY PENNY
% OF STUDENT LOAN DEBT AND MAKE IT
% FREE.%>> I WANT TO ASK YOU A
BOUT THE
% MARQUETTE LAW SCHOOL POLL THAT
% SHOWED 66 PERCENT OF PEOPLE
% SURVEYED IN WISCONSIN THINK
% ABORTION SHOULD BE LEGAL IN ALL
% OR MOST CASES.
% HOW WILL THIS ISSUE CONTINUE TO
% INFORM THE UPCOMING ELECTIONS?
% >> THE SUPREME COURT OF
% WISCONSIN HAS A BIG SAY IN THAT
% WHETHER IT'S THE LAW OF THE LAND
% OR SOMETHING PASSED SUBSEQUENT
% TO THAT.
% SO WE'LL SEE.
% IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY AT THE CROSS
% TABS PEOPLE DON'T LIKE ABORTION
% UP UNTIL THE TIME OF BIRTH AND A
% LOT OF FOLKS DON'T SUPPORT ANY
% ABORTION AT ANY TIME.
% >> NOBODY'S HAVING ABORTIONS UP
% TO THE POINT OF BIRTH BUT I
% AGREE IT'S GOING TO BE A HUGE
% ISSUE.%I THINK IT'LL REIGN HU
GE IN
% RACES AND DEMOCRATS ARE ON THE
% RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY.
% THE LESSON FROM THE POLL IS
% REPUBLICANS IF THEY ACTED MORE
% LIKE DEMOCRATS WITH THOSE ISSUES
% THEY MIGHT LOSE FEWER ELECTIONS.
% >> FOR MORE ON THIS AND OTHER