tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post9096638521697875538..comments2024-02-20T19:58:27.733-06:00Comments on Jake's Wisconsin Funhouse: Self-insurance is OUT, leaving Walker Admin with a major sadUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post-18306596476555579022017-05-12T11:44:53.290-05:002017-05-12T11:44:53.290-05:00Yep, I'd bet on them trying to use state emplo...Yep, I'd bet on them trying to use state employees as the way to fill in that budget hole. Of course, given what a mess GOPs are making of the health care system in DC, I'm not sure I'd lock in anything at this point.<br /><br /> No additional revenue makes it even more difficult for these guys to avoid cuts, especially if they want to add money for roads (or even to reduce borrowing). Jake formerly of the LPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15660401299391001751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post-10982492679825818602017-05-12T09:48:34.237-05:002017-05-12T09:48:34.237-05:00Absolutely agree with Peter Felknor. That pulled-...Absolutely agree with Peter Felknor. That pulled-from-their-butts number of 60M and the 22M savings on Obamacare fees has already been cooked into the budget. They're getting that money one way or another.<br /><br />I anticipate state employees paying that bill just as Nygren suggests. It's about 10% of what Act 10 did and continues to do every year, and I don't recall anybody on the R side shed any tears over it.<br /><br />No reason to think they'll hesitate this time.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02427829158996224733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post-45047702509909499652017-05-10T14:37:34.426-05:002017-05-10T14:37:34.426-05:00Bear in mind that, in the end, it's alway...Bear in mind that, in the end, it's always about punishing state employees. Unless some in the WisGOP are finally losing their taste for blood.Peter Felknorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18235220277296963592noreply@blogger.com