A deal that made
strange bedfellows of Republican
candidate for governor
Tom Tiffany
and Democratic state lawmakers
fell apart this week.
What bothers me the most
about this entire package is
you have some of my
Republican colleagues that
obviously
they want to save the money
for a large tax cut next year.
OK, that's fine.
Then you have my
Democrat colleagues that
obviously want to save
all this money for next session
because they have
their various programs that
they want to do.
But the problem is
people are hurting right now.
The economy is suffering.
Our school districts could use
the money for special education
and the further we keep pushing
this down the road is
we're another year behind.
In January, everything's now
focused on the state budget.
Historically, the state budget
gets signed in
late, or, you know, July.
And then once again
those programs
have to get implemented.
So we are
we are another
14 to 15 months
further down the road
to try to get tax relief
for those folks that need it
and also the
special education funding
that our schools
so desperately need.
So that's, if you want
to know the truth
that's what frustrates
me the most, is
we had a really good deal now.
I mean, yeah, it had its issues
but now we're just
kicking the can down the road.
Honestly, probably
15 to 16 months
before we get something else
that's going to
help Wisconsinites.