Rude economic awakening
Sen. Mike Ellis, R-Neenah, says the nation is in for a "rude economic awakening" as the bill comes do on a $9 trillion federal debt.
"This country's in one hell of a mess," he said, adding it's a result of "bad budgeting by both Democrats and Republicans in Washington, D.C."
Ellis said the Senate Dem plan was better in Doyle's in at least one respect - they don't "raid" highway funds. But he knocked aspects like shifting school aid payments to the next fiscal year, a move they borrowed from the Assembly Republicans.
He likened the school aid shift to a family not making its mortgage payment for a year.
"We are passing a bill today that no family in Wisconsin would ever suggest as a solution to their economic crisis," he said. "No household in Wisconsin can do that."
He also blasted the hospital assessment, which he said would raise everyone's health care costs. Support from the Wisconsin Hospital Association and Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce doesn't make it the right thing to do.
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