Madison, WI—Former State Representative, carpenter and governor candidate Brett Hulsey says Governor Ever’s budget deal is a good step but does not return all the money former State Rep. Tom Tiffany, then Gov. Scott Walker, and Assembly Joint Finance Chair Robin Vos took from the state’s school children, workers, healthcare, retirement, UW System, Technical College System in the Tiffany/Walker/Vos Unfair Despair Act 10.
“This deal is close but no cigar. Governor Evers did the best he could to get the $2,436,645,000 that Rep. Tom Tiffany and other Republicans took from our school children, property taxpayers, students and workers, but if falls short of the total they took from us in Act 10 in 2011 adjusted for inflation,” said Hulsey, who is the only candidate for governor who debated against Act 10 for 62 hours and ran for governor against Walker in 2014 to get the money back.
Brett served in the WI State Assembly from 2011-15 and debated to defeat the Walker/Tiffany Unfair Despair Act 10 for 62 hours. That bill cut $1,946,960,000 from public schools and workers leading to cuts in Milwaukee, Hustisford, Dodgeville and 26 total schools according to Failed referendums trigger school cuts, closures and new funding pushes across Wisconsin – Milwaukee Community Journal leading to teacher and staff layoffs across the state.
“The good news is Wisconsin as a budget surplus of Press Release: Gov. Evers Celebrates Wisconsin’s Continued Strong Fiscal Outlook Despite National Economic Uncertainty as State Ends Fiscal Year with $4.6 Billion Positive Balance and could pay the entire amount.
“As a Wisconsin parent, grandparent and former teacher, I taught everything from 6th grade math to college physics, we can and should fund our public schools at 2/3rds state funding and equally fund special needs students,” Hulsey said, “If Tommy could do it the 90’s, we can do it now.”
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