Huebsch: Doyle Criticism Means We're Doing It Right
Assembly Speaker Mike Huebsch responded to criticism of the Republican-authored Assembly budget today on the "Early Spin" show on WISN-AM radio in Milwaukee.
"We must have done the right thing if Gov. Doyle's running around the state ripping our plan, there's no doubt about it," said Huebsch, R-West Salem.
Huebsch mainatained a very hard line on taxes increases, but said compromise on taxes could come on the cigarette tax.
"If there is a tax that can go up, the cigarette tax has been the one that this state and both parties have gone to in the past," he said. "That is the one above all others, and I say this emphatically, above all others that even gets tepid appearance of being one that could go up. But that is certainly not anything I'm committing to today, and it's not a direction I'm hoping to go."
The program host asked Huebsch to make a commitment that he will not support a budget with the oil franchise fee proposed by Doyle, but Huebsch declined.
"I won't make any commitments today," he said. "Mainly because it just puts me in a box when I'm trying to go in and negotiate with (Democrats)."
Asked if he has a date for when a budget should be passed, Huebsch responded, "I have no date, I feel no pressure to pass one."
Listen to audio of the program here.
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