{"id":1144,"date":"2023-03-07T17:37:03","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T18:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=1144"},"modified":"2023-03-07T19:13:42","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T19:13:42","slug":"gov-evers-hopes-for-less-anger-more-compromise-in-new-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=1144","title":{"rendered":"Gov. Evers Hopes For Less Anger, More Compromise in New Budget"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Gov. Tony Evers hopes at least some of his budget makes Wisconsin\u2019s final spending plan for the next two years.<\/p>\n

Evers said during an appearance on Wisconsin Eye\u2019s Newsmakers last Friday that he and the Republicans who control the budget-writing process have a new relationship after his reelection last November.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are in a position where it\u2019s less contentious,\u201d Evers said. \u201cThat doesn\u2019t mean, necessarily,\u00a0 that there\u2019s gonna be different outcomes. But there is a lot less anger. People understand that I\u2019m going to be governor for at least the next four years.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wisconsin\u2019s Republican budget chiefs, Rep. Mark Born, R-Beaver Dam, and Sen. Howard Marklein, R-Spring Green, last week said their relationship with the governor hasn\u2019t changed.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you watched his State of the State Address or his Budget Address it was hard-left partisan rhetoric. If you look at his budget it\u2019s the same bad idea, bad ideas, reckless spending,\u201d Born said.<\/p>\n

Gov. Evers is proposing the largest budget in Wisconsin history, $104 billion for two years.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Evers on Friday defended the record-spending.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are things that crop up that need to be addressed,\u201d Evers explained. \u201cYou just can\u2019t say \u2018We\u2019re not going to fund schools this year because we are going to take care of PFAS.’\u201d<\/p>\n

Republicans have already declared most of the governor\u2019s budget dead on arrival.<\/p>\n

But the governor did say there will be some agreement on some things. Namely the personal property replacement tax that Wisconsin\u2019s businesses have fought against for years.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will [repeal the personal property tax]. The issue has always been we need to make sure that the municipalities and others that reap those taxes are held harmless,\u201d Evers said.<\/p>\n

Born and Marklein also hope to reach an agreement with Democrats on a stadium-funding deal for the Brewers, and a tax cut for families in Wisconsin.<\/p>\n

Gov. Evers wants a tax cut too. He said he just wants a cut for different families in Wisconsin.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just my belief, and I think most people in Wisconsin understand, that tax cuts should be for the middle class,\u201d Evers added. \u201cAnd not the people who can afford it the most.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Republican-controlled, budget-writing Joint Finance Committee is meeting in private to gauge budget priorities. Budget listening sessions will come after that. The lawmakers will begin to actually write the new state spending plan after that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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