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Good morning, everybody.

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Thank you very much for being here

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today on what I believe is our

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last session day of

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the Assembly and the Senate coming

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together on a deal that should make

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everybody in Wisconsin proud.

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One of the things that we have heard

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consistently from voters in

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Wisconsin is they want you to work

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together, stick to your principles,

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and find things that can actually

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make our lives better.

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This bill does all of those things.

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Make sure that we increase funding

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for schools at a time when they

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are struggling with the rising costs

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of everything inside their own

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budget. Makes it better for families

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who are dealing with the same

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stresses by giving them a rebate and

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actually holding down their property

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taxes.

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It increases the ability for people

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who are hardworking to make

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sure that they keep more of their

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money from overtime.

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And of course, if you're a server,

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your tips would no longer be subject

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to the Wisconsin income tax.

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It is a win.

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Um, it is an exciting day.

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It's one of the things that I am

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most proud of when we have the

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ability for our caucus to deliver

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for the people that sent them to

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madison.

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Now, I have the benefit of not going

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door to door as much as my

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colleagues behind me are.

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But one of things that i have heard

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from my friends and neighbors as

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they are coming up to me saying,

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what are you gonna do with all your

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free time is they still want us

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toe work on fixing the problems that

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affect their daily lives.

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And that's why what we're gonna do

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today is we're gonna pass this bill,

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send it to the Senate, get it to the

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governor. So that people will begin

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to see the relief immediately, and

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they will be able to know that we

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are working hard, no matter what's

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happening around the rest of the

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country. So with that, I'm gonna

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turn it over to Representative
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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My name is representative Franklin.

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I represent the 88th assembly

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district up by the greater Green

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Um, so we're here today, uh,

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in essence for a special session

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which addresses our state surplus

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here in the state of Wisconsin.

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What we are trying to do is we're

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trying to get $1.8 billion

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in this package out to

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taxpayers.

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That's done in a variety of

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forms that has to do with direct

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payments to in state residents.

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It eliminates tax on tips and

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overtime wages.

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property tax relief via the school

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formula.

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I can tell you from personal

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experience, I've knocked on hundreds

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of doors already this year and

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people are not happy with some of

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the stuff that this bill actually

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addresses.

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their property tax bill in December

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and property taxes

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were shooting up through the roof.

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we're in an economic pinch right now

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in the state of Wisconsin.

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By doing the no tax on

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tips and no tax on overtime, that

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puts more earned money back into

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the workers here in Wisconsin, into

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their pockets.

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I'm super happy for our schools

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because I think that

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this might give some relief to where

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we see less referendums throughout

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the state. That's my hope anyway.

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constituents for a lot of the issues

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that I'm hearing.

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Around the district that I represent

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and with that being said I

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will turn the time over to

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representative Novak.

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I'm representative Todd Novak from

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the 51st Assembly District in

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southwest Wisconsin.

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I specifically want to talk

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about the special education

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piece of this package

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for our schools.

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As you all remember when we passed

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the budget, it was our intent for

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the first year to fund 42%

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of special education and

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up and then 45% the second

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year. Figures were a little off

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that the speaker and leadership kept

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us in discussions with,

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I was very pleased to see that

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it actually got up to 50% in this

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package.

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I have 14 school districts.

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The biggest issue facing

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my school districts is steep

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declining enrollment, so anything we

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can help them to

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do that is fantastic.

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The bill provides $85

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million in one year one for

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special education, $230 million

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more in the second year.

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LFB put out yesterday the report

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of all the school districts and how

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much they're getting and I can tell

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you, I heard from

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probably three quarters of my school

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superintendents, school board

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members thanking

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me, the suspendable money that will

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help them.

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And also just want to add a piece.

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I think people like it when we work

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together. I think that's one thing,

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and I enjoy

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doing that, and I have a career of

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working across the aisle, and I

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think this is one of those bills

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that may surprise a lot of

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people because it's a bipartisan

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bill working with the governor that

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I don't think many people thought we

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could do and we did, and overall,

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it's good bill.

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It helps our school districts.

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They're very happy, at least the

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ones in my area.

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It alleviates some

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of their pain, gives them more

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spendable money and they're very

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happy.

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With that, I'll turn it over to

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Representative Moses.

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Well, thank you, Representative

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Novak. Yeah, I'm Representative

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Clint Moses. I represent the 92nd

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Assembly District up in Northwest

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Wisconsin, beautiful communities

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of Menominee and Chippewa Falls.

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I am gonna touch on just one

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key piece of this, the no

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tax on tips and overtime.

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We're out there talking to people

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every day right now.

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from our servers, our wait staff,

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the people working in our businesses

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that receive tips, they are

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excited about this part.

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This piece of legislation mirrors

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what's going on at the federal

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government.

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Except one bonus, it doesn't

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end in 2028.

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We've set aside $230 million

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of tax relief to help

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our servers, our wait staff,

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and then locally another piece.

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And I know it was touched on a

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little bit before, but the special

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ed funding.

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Making sure we're honoring what we

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had committed to in the budget.

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said, the figures were off a little

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from what we were given.

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to that 50% rate.

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Menominee, my hometown,

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$1.1 million, they're gonna benefit

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from that.

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Chippewa Falls is gonna benefit 1.5

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million. And Elk Mound, my smaller

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one, is gonna actually get a little

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over 300,000.

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I would have liked to have been down

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here about a month ago so we could

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be out enjoying the nice weather.

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But this is part of compromise.

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And this is what my partisan looks

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like in the state of Wisconsin.

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Working for the people of our state.

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So with that I'm going to turn it

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over to my friend Representative

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Well good morning everyone, it's

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good to be here.

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I'm gonna talk a little bit more

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about the property tax relief.

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I know in my district, I'm Pat

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Wisconsin.

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They've had some projects in this

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city of Wausau, which the city

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has put a lot of pressure

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on property tax, and now this.

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And anything we can do to be able to

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help alleviate a December

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bill when you're supposed to be

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celebrating Christmas and suddenly

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get a shock like we did last time.

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More than $300 million is

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going into the property tax relief

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to all the school districts, and

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that's via the school funding

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formula.

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districts, even those with zero

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aided through the general formula

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calculations.

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$50 million in property tax

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will be provided via the tech

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colleges by lowering the amount

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of debt they're allowed to

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levy. Plus, the Assembly Republicans

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have also led in recent years,

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kind of chipping away.

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At uh... The avenue of tax relief

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these cuts remaining one hundred

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million dollars of debt levy in

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half to fifty million so there's

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a lot to accomplish this and that

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and i have to echo some of my

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uh... Colleagues here the special ed

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Funding was important because you

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know what as legislators were

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supposed to listen to our

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constituents we're supposed to list

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to superintendents that's what i did

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in the season nine and my dc everest

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superintendents. It was a special

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ed. That was taken out of their

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Fund Ten or General Fund,

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which hampers them from fully

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executing their fiscal

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solvency.

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it's hard to find special

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eds, you know, teachers are kind of

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like the soldiers that

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are going out teaching our kids, but

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special ed teachers are kind of

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special forces because

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they have extra

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responsibilities and more challenges

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a little bit with their teaching.

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So I'm so glad we were able to get

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this done.

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And as Representative Franklin

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said, maybe this will ease up

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on the referendums

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that come out. But mostly,

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what's wrong with compromise?

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I don't understand.

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When I look at some of the comments

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being made, it's like,

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are you thinking about your

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constituents?

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Don't just don't think about your

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high density, whatever party you're

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from and your own district.

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Think about the whole state.

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And that's what I try to do, and

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that's this bill does.

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So with that, I'll turn it over to

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Representative Donovan.

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Thank you Pat.

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Representative Bob Donovan, the 61st

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Assembly District, and I want to

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talk briefly to you about property

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taxes.

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Last week I got a call from a former

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constituent of mine.

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Lives on 28th and National

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in the city of Milwaukee.

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If any of you know the city you'll

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know and agree with me that that

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is and I'm being kind when I

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say challenged neighborhood.

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It has

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many problems.

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His assessment went up $30,000.

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In one year,

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Milwaukee assesses every year $30

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thousand.

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He told me, Bob, I'm going to

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get killed on my property

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tax.

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He is a retired

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individual.

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He's on a fixed income.

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He and his wife.

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And I'm so pleased that

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this compromise bill.

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Has some property tax

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relief in it.

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I will tell you, does it go as far

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as we want it to go?

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Certainly not.

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But it's going in the right

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direction, and I am hopeful that

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we can carry the ball in the

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next session to go even

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further.

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And something else I want to talk

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about.

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I've heard a lot about property

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taxes being at the doors and

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from my constituents, but I've

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also heard people say

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Bob, I just want

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government to work.

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We're sick and tired of the

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gridlock.

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Let's work together for

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the good of all of us.

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That's what this bill does.

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This is a good bill.

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It is a compromise,

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and I am proud to support

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it. And with that, I'll turn it back

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to the speaker.

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Speaker, if you

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have done a vote count, I'm assuming

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your confidence will pass today.

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Will Democrats vote with you?

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Well, I'm very confident it's going

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to pass the assembly.

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What about the Senate?

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Do they know what's going on over

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there? I'm not in the state Senate,

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you'd have to ask them. You know

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what is going on in the negotiations,

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though.

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I am an eternal optimist.

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You know, we have done this a long

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time. We have always found a way to

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get to yes.

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Republicans are the people who want

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to make sure we get the relief

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delivered.

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I think in the end, we have a

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Democrat governor who worked with

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us. It's a good deal that both sides

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gave and took.

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And I think now we just need to make

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sure that legislators understand

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that the process is give and take.

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In the making. This would be great.

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Your seven is no deal.

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With margins so close, why not have

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it with Democrats in the Senate?

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That's part of the negotiation.

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Well, that would be a question to

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have talked to the governor about.

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I mean, we represent the

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legislature, right?

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We represent our caucus.

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We are able to deliver our caucus, I

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feel very confident in the assembly.

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The question comes down to what will

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it take to be able to get through

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the state Senate, you have to ask

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that.

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Mr. Speaker, inflation has dropped

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to its highest level since 2022.

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That's according to the latest PPI

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report.

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As we know, that impacts not only

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consumers, it impacts local

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government, it impacts things you

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guys do here in this building.

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Do you feel that this is still a

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good move to dip into the surplus

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despite these numbers?

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Well, we're doing it exactly because

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of those numbers.

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Remember, the inflation rate we

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heard yesterday is almost as almost

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as high now as it was under Joe

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Biden. So we know that the world

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was super challenging when

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President Biden was in.

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We now know that it continues to be

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challenging for families.

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And again, you have a question to

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ask. Do we focus on making sure we

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can take resources that are sitting

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the state's checking account and

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giving the people who need it?

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So yes, I would rather have money go

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to families where they have the

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ability to spend it as they see fit

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school districts to sure they have

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the resources and ultimately to get

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more money in the people's hands to

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be able to spend it. The government

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doesn't need the money.

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Are you concerned that you guys

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might hit a roadblock

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at some point because of these

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numbers?

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The state might see something.

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Actually no, I mean if you look

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yesterday it was kind of buried in

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many of the stories that came out,

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but our increase in revenue is so

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strong in Wisconsin, the Ebers

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administration took the already rosy

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January numbers and increased those

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by 300 million.

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That money is still going to stay in

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the state's checking account, that's

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not part of our deal.

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So the surplus is larger than it was

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in January, we're not spending all

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of it.

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Frankly, I wish we were spending

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more, but in the art of compromise,

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I think this is a reasonable move.

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Would you accept any changes?

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Would you accept any changes if

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the Senate wants to change it?

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I mean, we're always open to

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compromise. I think we have a good

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deal as we have it.

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Again, it's about 80% tax relief,

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20% spending on special

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ed kids.

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If there was something that was a

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tweak, of course, we could certainly

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be willing to listen, but I feel

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very confident that Assembly

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Republicans are ready to vote for

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the package that we have before us.

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Thanks, everybody. Thanks, Janet.

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Thanks everybody, make sure you hit
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Thank you.