Wisconsin: Walker Budget Highlights

[Scuba]

THESE ARE IN THE WISCONSIN STATE BUDGET WHICH HAS BEEN PASSED (along with a lot of other bad stuff)

$2.3 billion in corporate tax breaks over the next 10 years

$1.6 billion less for public education

70,000 Wisconsinites could lose health care coverage through BadgerCare, up to 1 million more could see their health care costs skyrockets due to cuts


$250 million cut from the UW System and $70 million cut from tech colleges

Raises taxes on the working poor by $70 million

Puts polluters in charge of environmental regulations

Won't guarantee that SeniorCare will continue after next year

Ends funding for critical women's health access

[Samantha]

1. How long until the recall effort can start?

I can't wait, and I don't even live in Wisconsin.

Sam

[midnight]

3. Here is a link to Wisconsin Pod cast...

http://citizenactionwi.org/press-room/btl-wi-podcast.html

Today was my first day to listen to it, but they did discuss Walker's actions as being illegal, and possible action would be to remove him that way...

[elocs]

2. I'm on the BadgerCare Plus Core Plan for low income adults without children,

I guess that I'll be losing my health insurance.

[midnight]

4. elocs I hope not. Gwene Moore has organized free lunches this summer

for the Milwaukee kids. If you know any families that could benefit, please pass it on....

[Scuba]

5. Hope not, Elocs. We're working to stop this crap.

[elocs]

6. The irony is that today I will have to re-up for BadgerCare Plus and pay the nonrefundable fee.

If they take my money for the next 12 months I wonder if I'll get it for that long? Probably not.

I could probably get by without it, but I have a 19 year old goddaughter who is on Medicaid who needs her medication and counseling and would be in a world of hurt if she gets cut loose.