MADISON, Wis. (WRN) — Republicans in the Wisconsin Legislature are not enthusiastic about Governor Tony Evers’ proposed two-year budget.
“Frankly, his speech was devoid of a lot of specifics of what he actually wants to do but, a lot of gimmicky tax cuts,” said Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu. “Will take his irresponsible budget, turn it into a responsible budget that invests in education that invests in health care but doesn’t overspend and grow the size of government.”
Evers’s proposal increases school funding by 3.4 billion dollars and increases the individual tax rate for millionaires.
When factoring in federal money and other sources of revenue, the Evers budget would spend $118.9 billion, an increase of 20.3%. Assembly Speaker Robin calls most of the Democratic governor’s budget “dead on arrival.”