tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post2527866964672678087..comments2024-02-20T19:58:27.733-06:00Comments on Jake's Wisconsin Funhouse: Walker has given Wisconsin bigger deficits and debt than DoyleUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post-14768259780661607762014-04-25T16:46:26.480-05:002014-04-25T16:46:26.480-05:00There are many things dumb with that short stateme...There are many things dumb with that short statement...Jake formerly of the LPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15660401299391001751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post-65000105521677508082014-04-25T16:33:21.105-05:002014-04-25T16:33:21.105-05:00If only Obama spent as little as Walker....If only Obama spent as little as Walker....Steve Wetzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10962158775801190897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post-44211572765970340492014-04-01T11:14:15.814-05:002014-04-01T11:14:15.814-05:00Where can I go to post a link to the origional dat...Where can I go to post a link to the origional data?<br /><br />Thanks RickRick Royemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14875877695420570769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post-29403273285524017012014-03-13T17:28:58.663-05:002014-03-13T17:28:58.663-05:00Cool. And it's up to about $8.3 billion as of ...Cool. And it's up to about $8.3 billion as of now. Was $6.8 billon when Walker took over in 3011Jake formerly of the LPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15660401299391001751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post-26436055535268584282014-03-13T16:04:44.127-05:002014-03-13T16:04:44.127-05:00I Googled the question "Does Wisconsin have a...I Googled the question "Does Wisconsin have a public debt?"mountainmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12684999884511174483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post-66308001002311179392014-03-12T19:51:40.372-05:002014-03-12T19:51:40.372-05:00Legislative Fiscal Bureau (LFB), who does the budg...Legislative Fiscal Bureau (LFB), who does the budget calculations for the state legislature. <br /><br /> How'd you find this post, given that it's nearly 2 years old?<br /><br /> PJake formerly of the LPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15660401299391001751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post-84032780440629582502014-03-12T18:45:28.111-05:002014-03-12T18:45:28.111-05:00Pardon my ignorance, not being an insider who know...Pardon my ignorance, not being an insider who knows all your abbreviations; what is LFB?mountainmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12684999884511174483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post-39379498868911034902012-05-26T09:17:54.720-05:002012-05-26T09:17:54.720-05:00Phil- Thanks for the Doyle proposed budget papers....Phil- Thanks for the Doyle proposed budget papers. It's good reading. First of all, remember that the 2011-2013 numbers are NOT Doyle's, but Walker's. Doyle's budget ended on June 30, 2011, and those 2-year estimates for 2011-2013 are informational-only, unless you think that no budget would pass under Walker and the same numbers would stay in place.<br /><br />Also, you need to remember that the economy (and tax revenues) were in collapse in early 2009 and the Dems and Doyle had to fix with this document quite a bit as a result of banksters destroying the economy. And they still ended up borrowing less in those 2 years than Walker has in the last 16 months. <br /><br />Your Doyle 2011 "reduced surplus" numbers are also a bit off, because you may recall the revised revenue estimates in May 2011 showed that Wisconsin had a Doyle/Dem budget surplus of $214.6 million for 2011, and had $636 million in additional revenues for 2010-2013. <br /><br />This is also one of many reasons why the argument that Walker had a "$3.6 billion budget deficit" is BS, because the May 2011 Doyle-Dem revenue surprise took care of $636 million of it, and a lot of the rest of it was due to pie-in-the-sky requests that were never going to be honored.Jake formerly of the LPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15660401299391001751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post-62223411319131311472012-05-25T18:20:00.820-05:002012-05-25T18:20:00.820-05:00Check out this pdf http://www.doa.state.wi.us/debf...Check out this pdf http://www.doa.state.wi.us/debf/pdf_files/bib.pdf<br />Page 39 has budget information for 2012 and 2013. Please reconcile your numbers with those from what Jim Doyle signed.<br />2012 -$257.6M and 2013 -$689.5M<br />Jim Doyle would have passed the biennium budget before Walker was sworn in. It would cover 2012 and 2013. <br />Based on the numbers in the pdf, the estimated budget surplus at the time Walker was sworn in would have been $156M and we know the actual was about $37M. So we know the estimates Jim Doyle used were off by Jan 2012. So it could also be considered possible that the -257.6M and -$680.5M may also be short of the actual deficit Walker would experience. So if Walker had not worked on a budget repair bill, he would be completely under the Doyle budgets and tell me agian, they would by how deep in debt?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00672745268144370395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post-44746711175623521682012-05-25T12:03:06.585-05:002012-05-25T12:03:06.585-05:00Thanks for the props morninmist. This lil ol post ...Thanks for the props morninmist. This lil ol post is past 600 pageviews in less than 24 hours. The only people who apparently aren't relaying it are the Wisconsin corporate media. <br /><br /> But keep it up. They can't ignore it if we make it public enough. Feeling Blue, Seeing Red also has a great post debunking the '3.6 billion deficit' lie- it was never close to that high in 2011, but it sure might be nowJake formerly of the LPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15660401299391001751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post-76531960116260290132012-05-25T11:48:46.328-05:002012-05-25T11:48:46.328-05:00Where's the like button, Jake?Where's the like button, Jake?Feeling Blue, Seeing Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01353402038357409326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post-73331151666518121942012-05-25T10:53:18.470-05:002012-05-25T10:53:18.470-05:00I am going to print this and post it on the commun...I am going to print this and post it on the community board. Thank you.morninmisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02148706206277602415noreply@blogger.com