What trickery is scott walker using to create surplus?

[slor]

He is on morning joe touting a $384 surplus from his budget. I recall that he had a surplus going in. Is he just lying?

[HereSince1628]

1. Defunding Milwaukee pubic education for one... n/t

[TroglodyteScholar]

4. Bingo. n/t

[SpiralHawk]

8. Kicking grannies under the bus (R)

Standard Republicon Family Values

[Atman]

2. When ISN'T he just lying?

I'm sure if there were any journalists left, someone would look into the claim. Instead we get Morming Joe giving him a platform. With a happy ending.

[meegbear]

3. A $384 surplus is not something to brag about

[spedtr90]

6. He claims $300 million 2 years from now

[spedtr90]

5. Link to WI Democrat' s post of 6/16 - Debunking Budget & Surplus

http://thedemocraticsocialist.blogspot.com/2011/06/debunking-dishonest-gop-balanced-budget.html

"Debunking the dishonest GOP balanced budget, surplus claims" is the title of his post.

Includes:
Republicans use credit card spending to push $338 million dollars in state debt off into the future, costing us an additional $89.9 million in interest.

The GOP budget includes, at a minimum, $411 million in fund raids.

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