State Budget

[kmfarm]

Well, Wisconsin in the last State in the union to pass a budget. Oh wait, they didn't yet.

With all the campaign promises, pork barrelling, feel good legislation and all other fluff, setting a budget is the one thing that politicians have to do in order to run a government. You have to ask yourself, what's the holdup?

To me, it shows the complete lack of leadership and responsibilty on the part of our elected leaders. Get down to business, get the facts, skip the B.S. politics and get on with it!

You think a small business owner could survive running a business like this? How about a family on a budget sorting out the monthly bills. Think they can just "let her ride" until who knows when?

This is truely a sign of incompetence. Seems like in a tax and spend State like ours, the problem with setting a budget is trying to figure out how to sell it to us so you don't question the pocket lining and tax raising.

Maybe when my tax bill is due I'll tell them that my budget isn't set for that yet.

Mark

[MrKhay]

It's time past to start jackin' up our elected officials, of firing them!

[kmfarm]

September is almost over and still no budget. Now they're talking about how property taxes will go up if a budget isn't approved soon. What in the world does that mean? I'm sure our tax and spend state will jack my property taxes anyway. These guys (and gals) are baffoons. Try to run a business like that and you'll end up out of business.

Stop the game playing and do your job!

Mark

[kmfarm]

Well here's the latest. Still no budget. Doyle and the Democrats want to raise taxes on the gas companies and Health care system (some sort of punishment tax to make us feel good). Then, we're supposed to be dumb enough to believe that those tax hikes on those industries won't be passed down to the consumer. Yeah right, I'll fall for that.

Tax and spend.... who's motto was that?

Lookup fiscal irresponsibility in the dictionary and you'll see the state map of Wisconsin. What's really upsetting is that they think they're doing a good job!

Pathetic!

Mark

[Mike]

I'm sure Doyle's salary has already been written down in ink, so he doesn't really care about the budget past that.

[kmfarm]

Originally Posted by Mike

I'm sure Doyle's salary has already been written down in ink, so he doesn't really care about the budget past that.

Maybe that's the answer Mike, suspend all salaries for elected officials whenever a budget is past due. Even by a day. Then they don't get the back pay either. It's just lost. Bet that'd motivate the geniuses.

Mark

[MrKhay]

Originally Posted by kmfarm

Well here's the latest. Still no budget. Doyle and the Democrats want to raise taxes on the gas companies and Health care system (some sort of punishment tax to make us feel good). Then, we're supposed to be dumb enough to believe that those tax hikes on those industries won't be passed down to the consumer. Yeah right, I'll fall for that.

Tax and spend.... who's motto was that?

Lookup fiscal irresponsibility in the dictionary and you'll see the state map of Wisconsin. What's really upsetting is that they think they're doing a good job!

Pathetic!

Mark

An update, Jim Doyle also proposes a tax increase of $1.25 on a pack of cigarettes, start a new tax on hospital profits, cut spending by $430 million from his original proposal.

From the looks of things, the Republicans are less than enthusiastic about the proposal, although the Democrats are ready to roll with Doyle. Along with the amount of funding for the University System, Republicans cannot agree on the hike in cigarette tax, or the new tax on hospital profits. The Speaker of the Assembly made a statement expressing his disappointment in the Governor, and accused him of walking away from the negotiations.

If you threaten to withhold salaries, the legislators would be inclined to pass any pile of papers with "State Budget" typed across the top.

[AJE]

Doyle Threatens Government Shutdown if No Budget Reached
Budget Now 109 Days Overdue


MADISON (AP) - Governor Jim Doyle says he might have to partially shut down Wisconsin's state government if lawmakers don't pass a new state budget soon.

He says University of Wisconsin campuses might not be able to open for the second semester and state employees might have to be temporarily laid off.


NOT GOOD!


MyFox N.E. Wisconsin | Doyle Threatens Government Shutdown if No Budget Reached

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State Executive Budget

[AJE]

Originally Posted by Mike

I'm sure Doyle's salary has already been written down in ink, so he doesn't really care about the budget past that.

Ooch! Do I smell a little Greed in the air?

[CarolsCritterCare]

Well........... I smell something!!
Carol

[MrKhay]

This evening, I heard on a news broadcast that state prisoners being held in county jails (because of over- crowding in the state prisons) will be sent back to the state prisons, effective immediately. Due to the lack of a state budget!

This will add to the over-crowding. This over-crowding will endanger the guards at those institutions. A remedy?...hire more guards. No money with which to pay those guards.

What is Doyle doing? Why can't our state government get it together?

I think we should fire Doyle.

[kmfarm]

This is really getting pathetic. Poor leadership for the governers office. He needs to let go of his "get the bad guy" tax increases and move forward with real budget ideas.

Obviously Doyle doesn't know how to write a real budget.

Mark

[AJE]

You know it’s the programs we need the most like education, DMV and police force, which will be in the hole as a result of this lack of leadership. Mark is so right Pathetic.

Not only do we in "Wisconsin" have some steep taxes but also now we can add to the list the whole handful of scoundrels running the show in Madison. Anybody been reading the editorials from Wisconsin State Journal.... must be really interesting lately?

[AJE]

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