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If Tony Evers were running

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for election in November,

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and he said, this is my big

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bill, Democrats.

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This is what

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I want to run on.

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I mean,

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they would have voted.

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They would have voted yes.

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No.

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Republicans

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probably wouldn't

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have brought it

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up in that case.

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So, you know, it's a it's

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a theoretical exercise.

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But but Senate Democrats

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I'm confident

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would have been with him.

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He is not on the ballot

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though this November,

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as Diane Hesselbein noted.

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And Senate

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Democrats are poised to

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they think

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take that majority.

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Well.

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And don't forget

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there is another factor

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when it comes to everyone

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looking at the next budget

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in the next year.

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And that is

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there's a lot of people

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who think

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we may be looking

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into a recession. Yeah.

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So most of this surplus

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is a projection of what

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the economy

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is going to bring in

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for tax revenues.

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If there's an

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economic downturn

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in the next six months,

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that money disappears

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all by itself

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without having been sent out.

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So you send it out,

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even though

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most of this is one time

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spending, it may not be there

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next year.

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Now, they say even

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in the worst

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of circumstances, at least,

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the state will have

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a little bit money

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to start the next year with.

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So that is a

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legitimate concern

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considering where

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gas prices

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and grocery

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prices are right now,

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and with no end

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to a war in Iran

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that the economy could shift

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and go down.

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And these tax revenues

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may not materialize.