Walker meanwhile claimed Milwaukee County had come out $10 million ahead. Speaker: Chris Abele, Democrat (then Milwaukee County executive)Ībele pushed back against Walker’s oft-repeated assertion that his Act 10 collective bargaining reforms would offset cuts in state aid, saying Milwaukee County was a net loser in the exchange - to the tune of $6.7 million. We also found outside experts agreed that Walker’s estimate was a realistic measure of the challenges facing him as he took office.Ĭlaim: "While Act 10 allowed (Milwaukee County) to save some money, it was millions short of what we needed to fill the hole left by the $28 million cut in state aid." Jim Doyle had estimated a $3.2 billion deficit heading into 2003-2005, and at least $5.4 billion heading into 2009-2011. We found this projected budget wasn’t particularly unusual, as former Gov. Pocan, then co-chair of the Legislature’s budget-writing committee, said the deficit was actually between $1.5 billion and $2 billion for the upcoming 2011-13 budget. This claim gets to the core of the Republican defense of Act 10 - that the state’s fiscal situation was so dire that drastic action had to be taken. Speaker: Mark Pocan, Democrat (then a state representative, now a U.S. Scott Walker’s estimate of a $3.6 billion state budget deficit is "manufactured" and a "bogus figure."
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