State Budget Cuts, Reconsidered

摘要

on may 11; when wisconsin's state budget office announced that two-year tax revenue would be $636 million more than expected; school officials were heartened. They hoped the newfound money would be used to help restore an $834 million cut in school funding proposed by governor scott walker. It wasn't to be. Within hours of the announcement; walker said he wanted to use the money in other ways; including retiring the state's bond debt ahead of time. "just like wisconsin families;" he said in a statement; "our first priority is to pay off past-due bills and debts."