tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post1314634020935804342..comments2024-02-20T19:58:27.733-06:00Comments on Jake's Wisconsin Funhouse: Jake's state budget reference guideUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post-60206883771233742292013-08-08T20:49:03.905-05:002013-08-08T20:49:03.905-05:00Structural deficit 2015-17 nothing, what about the...Structural deficit 2015-17 nothing, what about the 2013-15 structural deficit of $514 million?<br /><br />We have:<br /><br />FY14: revenues of $14,629m, appropriations of $14,836m, exceeding revenues by 1.4%.<br /><br />FY15: revenues of $15,079m, appropriations of $15,386m, exceeding revenues by 2.0%.<br /><br />Whoops! That means it's <a href="https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/16/III/50/7/a" rel="nofollow">double Budget Repair Bill time</a> already! Failure to enact one for FY15 would be <a href="https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/misc/wiscon/_17/_7" rel="nofollow">yet another constitutional violation</a>, albeit one less obvious than the Capitol arrests of late.GeoffThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17317722272565026078noreply@blogger.com