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So we have
used the word rare

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to describe this
budget surplus deal

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more than once in
the last few weeks.

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Rich, I'd say it's

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rare to see this
kind of a poll from

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Marquette University

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where you have such
lopsided

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support in favor
of any issue.

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What did Marquette
find?

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80% said

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that the legislature
should have passed

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the surplus
spending deal.

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And what's

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really striking to
your point

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is that

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when you break
that down

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by partizanship,

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the numbers don't
vary that much.

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Among Republicans,
it was 77%

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who said that

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it should have
passed

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independents, 81%,
Democrats 80%.

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This is why
we do not legislate

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by referendum.

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The public
will always support

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something that

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gives them money,

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no matter the fiscal

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complications
down the road.

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And they hate.
nuance.

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And there is

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to that point,

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there's like the
nuanced messaging

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and the un-nuanced
messaging.

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One of those
is easier

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to resonate
with voters.

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And so
you can kind of say,

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do you want money in

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your pocket or not?

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Do you want money

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for your schools
or not?

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And most people,

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I think, are
going to say, yes,

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I would like money
in my pocket.

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I would like money

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in my schools.

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Having the more

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complicated
messaging.

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You know,

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the opponents of
the deal

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are the ones

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who are going

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to really have

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sort of their work
cut out for them

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because they have

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to kind of prove

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a negative
and say, well.

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But if we had done
this,

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there would have
been this deficit.

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We would have had to
live under,

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you know,
austerity measures

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going forward.

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That's a much more
complicated thing

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than do you want
300 bucks

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in your
bank account or not?