>> Governor Tony Evers went on a statewide swing after presenting
his 20 2527 executive budget this week, emphasizing increased
education, spending and tax relief.
>> Wisconsinites wouldn't have taxes to keep school lights on
and doors open. If this legislature invested in K
through 12 education from the get go in the budget, I'm
announcing tonight proves we can both make the investments in our
kids that we need to and hold the line on preventing property
taxes from going up. My plan will provide nearly $2 billion
in tax relief through efforts to lower property taxes, eliminate
the sales tax on several everyday expenses, and cut
income taxes for middle class Wisconsinites, including
homeowners, renters, veterans and seniors.
>> Top lines of the governor's proposal. It's a $119 billion,
two year budget that would increase spending by more than
20%. It calls for $3.15 billion for K-12 education, 856 million
for the University of Wisconsin, and 60 million for technical
colleges. It also calls for nearly $2 billion in tax relief
and for raising taxes on high income earners. Republicans once
again consider all of it a nonstarter.
>> We confirmed what we suspected last night of it was
kind of the same thing with reckless spending and tax
increases. And, you know, a liberal wish list that was going
to be in there. But we were a little bit surprised that it's
actually that on steroids. It's even bigger than last time. The
numbers were a little shocking budget that starts a little bit
below $100 billion over the two years and pushed that to almost
$119 billion. It's a pretty serious escalating. You're
looking at 1300 new positions, just the growth of government.
Again, we knew he would grow Again, we knew he would grow