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01-28-2014 , 05:23 PM

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Silver_Man2

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Originally Posted by goofyballer

So to respond to your main point:

LOLOL. Yeah, they would have.

So why are all the republitards cheering it?

01-28-2014 , 05:47 PM

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Because they're as ******ed as you and jumped to the same idiotic conclusions?

01-28-2014 , 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Bill Haywood

social programs != teachers, firemen...

FYP

01-28-2014 , 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by goofyballer

lol silverman

And why do they have surpluses?

As was posted earlier, Wisconsin hasn't decreased spending; their surplus is because of getting more tax revenue than they expected. Even the states run by blathering crybaby liberals have surpluses right now, you ****ing ******. Mother****ing California has a surplus. CALIFORNIA. Would you then argue that turnaround is a vindication of Democratic economic policies? You're the moron in the "correlation vs. causation" cartoon.

I haven't looked at WS budget but a decrease in spending isn't necessary to trim budget deficits. Spending growth < real economic growth will work most of the time. So the decrease in spending meme you're promoting is a red herring. An increase in tax revenues should be roughly proportional to an increase in real economic growth.

01-29-2014 , 02:59 AM

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Originally Posted by goofyballer

LOL what? Did you even read the article?

They took more taxes than they expected to (not decreased spending) and Silver_Man declares it a victory for conservative-dom?? Wow. I shouldn't be so surprised that he would post something this ******ed, but somehow I am.

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[S]ales tax collections are projected to be $350 million more than original estimates, individual income by $265 million, corporate income taxes by $214 million

That's a pretty damn big success, no matter how you slice it. Walker cut government, turned Wisconsin's budget problems around, and the state economy is looking better than expected. They aren't taking a larger percentage. The pie has gotten bigger.

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01-29-2014 , 03:04 AM

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Originally Posted by goofyballer

As was posted earlier, Wisconsin hasn't decreased spending; their surplus is because of getting more tax revenue than they expected.

The state curtailed spending by making cuts that liberals bitched about for weeks. Overall spending increased, but by not as much as was previously planned. Cuts, like the 800m cut to schools, happened.

01-29-2014 , 03:23 AM

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Just about everything you said about Walker applies to Jerry Brown too. Democratic policy for the mother****ing win, amirite guise?!?!?!

01-29-2014 , 03:31 AM

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Just about everything you said about Walker applies to Jerry Brown too. Democratic policy for the mother****ing win, amirite guise?!?!?!

Wisconsin's budget situation is in a much stronger position than California's. Brown has things going in the right direction but I doubt pensions in Wisconsin are in as much trouble as they are in California. Plus, and I'm going off memory here, Brown did a lot of cutting iirc similar to Walker. Again, cuts that democrats bitched about for weeks in wisconsin.

01-31-2014 , 07:54 PM

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Hey so as the deficit has fallen dramatically I'm a little surprised our boy Silver_Man isn't complaining about how the Tea Partiers and 9/12 Project people are whining baby ******s. Obama done turned the country around!

01-31-2014 , 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by ikestoys

Well this is a big ****ing lol bucket of idiocy. Walker still cut the government in wisconsin by a big chunk from what was planned before him. The surplus is bigger than expected because of growth and the increased tax revenues that come with that growth:

That's a pretty damn big success, no matter how you slice it. Walker cut government, turned Wisconsin's budget problems around, and the state economy is looking better than expected. They aren't taking a larger percentage. The pie has gotten bigger.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ikestoys

The state curtailed spending by making cuts that liberals bitched about for weeks. Overall spending increased, but by not as much as was previously planned. Cuts, like the 800m cut to schools, happened.

02-01-2014 , 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by ikestoys

You are correct. Higher taxes with prop 30 and an improving economy in California. Moonbeam stills seems hell bent on blowing billions on the high speed rail boondoggle though. I don't remember what Walker did about taxes .

02-01-2014 , 06:33 PM

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rjoefish

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Should have quoted that one too for the 'spending less than planned = cuts' lolz

02-01-2014 , 07:47 PM

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I like brown a lot but that high speed rail is about the worst idea ever.

Fiscally i think he's more conservative than a lot of conservatives but he has random spewy moments.

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