Gov. Walker costs Wisconsin millions

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Originally Posted by Antitrust32

you said they should have used a small fraction (24mil) of the federal stimulus funds (810million) to pay for the upgrade.

I didn't say that. The article said that the $24 million he's now borrowing from scratch, would have been included in the federal grant (those funds, for the purpose he needs it, were included).

I would rather a state come up with ways to fund 24 million than take 810 million from taxpayers wallets.

And now they will indeed have to do that.

Walker turned down the grant, then went and immediately tried to borrow the federal funds again. He doesn't have any real problem accepting federal grants (except during campaigns. Like Perry in Texas) He was turned down. Now the state has to pay for it.

The state will come up with a way to pay for it now. It's called taxes.