NOW HOW WE'LL CRAFT THE BUDGET.
>> Frederica: REPRESENTATIVE
MARK BORN THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Frederica: WE SPOKE WITH
JASON STEIN RESEARCH DIRECTOR OF
THE WISCONSIN POLICY FORUM FOR
HIS TAKE ON THE BUDGET NUMBERS.
WHAT STANDS OUT IN THIS ADDRESS?
>> THE INCREASE FOR A WHOLE
VARIETY OF PRIORITIES.
STARTING WITH SCHOOL AND HEALTH
CARE AND THINGS WE TRADITIONALLY
EXPECT AND THEN THROW IN MORE
THAN $290 MILLION FOR MILLER
PARK AND FOR MEDICAL LEAVE AND
BROADBAND.
THE NON-TRADITIONAL PRIORITIES
EASILY ABOVE $1 BILLION JUST
THOSE THREE.
>> HOW DOES IT COMPARE TO OTHER
BUDGETS?
>> NOTHING LIKE WE'VE SEEN
BEFORE.
IT'S UNPRECEDENTED.
IT ALLOWS FOR BOTH PARTY TO
THINK BIG ON THE TAX CUT OR
SPENDING SIDE.
AT THE SAME TIME A LOT OF
SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES THAT WILL
LOWER THE STATE'S RESERVES
SUBSTANTIALLY WHICH IS
APPROPRIATE BUT I THINK THE
SPENDING HAPPENING MAY BE
DIFICULT TO SUSTAIN IN THE NEXT
BUDGET.
>> Frederica: AS TO THE TAX CUTS
THE GOVERNOR REGARDS THEM AS TAX
CUTS FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS
OPPOSED TO WHAT WE UNDERSTAND
REPUBLICAN BUDGET WRITERS ARE
TRIND WHICH MAY BE A FLAT TAX.
HOW DO THE PLANS COMPARE?
>> THE FIRST THING IS THE
GOVERNOR HAS A MIX OF TAX
INCREASES THAT WILL PRIMARILY
FALL ON UPPER INCOME EARNERS AND
TAX CUTS FOR MIDDLE AN LOW
INCOME EARNERS.
WHILE THE REPUBLICAN PLAN PUTS
FORWARD A LARGE TAX CUT THAT
ALSO WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO
SUSTAIN IN FUTURE YEAR AND RAMP
UP TO $5 BILLION A YEAR.
>> Frederica: DO YOU THINK
THERE'S MORE COMPROMISE TO BE
HAD IN THE BUDGET?
>> THE GOVERNOR'S BIG SIGNATURE
PROPOSALS YOU WOULD NOT EXPECT
THEM TO GO THROUGH AS PASSED BUT
IN AREAS FOR AID FOR LOCAL
GOVERNMENT WE CALL SHARED
REVENUE AND IN PERHAPS MILLER
PARK OR THE BREWERS STADIUM AND
SOME OF THOSE AREAS REPEALING
THE PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX YOU
COULD EXPECT TO SEE SOME GIVE