So we have used the word rare
to describe this budget surplus deal
more than once in the last few weeks.
Rich, I'd say it's
rare to see this kind of a poll from
Marquette University
where you have such lopsided
support in favor of any issue.
What did Marquette find?
80% said
that the legislature should have passed
the surplus spending deal.
And what's
really striking to your point
is that
when you break that down
by partizanship,
the numbers don't vary that much.
Among Republicans, it was 77%
who said that
it should have passed
independents, 81%, Democrats 80%.
This is why we do not legislate
by referendum.
The public will always support
something that
gives them money,
no matter the fiscal
complications down the road.
And they hate. nuance.
And there is
to that point,
there's like the nuanced messaging
and the un-nuanced messaging.
One of those is easier
to resonate with voters.
And so you can kind of say,
do you want money in
your pocket or not?
Do you want money
for your schools or not?
And most people,
I think, are going to say, yes,
I would like money in my pocket.
I would like money
in my schools.
Having the more
complicated messaging.
You know,
the opponents of the deal
are the ones
who are going
to really have
sort of their work cut out for them
because they have
to kind of prove
a negative and say, well.
But if we had done this,
there would have been this deficit.
We would have had to live under,
you know, austerity measures
going forward.
That's a much more complicated thing
than do you want 300 bucks
in your bank account or not?