We Have A Budget Deficit ???????

From the great Richard Moore.

"Last Updated: Thursday, December 16, 2010 12:57 PM CST
Despite deficit, state agencies seek to keep growing, spending
By Richard Moore
of The Lakeland Times

What budget deficit?

In a new report released by the Legislative Fiscal Bureau late last week, Wisconsin’s state agencies are seeking to undertake an array of new spending initiatives over the next two years – not only to cover the increased cost of basic services such as Medicaid but to support new nonessential spending for trails, parks, campgrounds and other projects."
The Rhinelander Daily News - Online news and information for the Rhinelander, Wisconsin region

I am shocked, Doyle and the dems, say it ain't so!

All totaled, the agencies submitted budget requests that would boost state spending by nearly $4 billion over the next two years and increase the state work force by 507 people.

According to the report, the state workforce would increase by .7 percent to 71,616 employees. The growth in agency budgets would total $3.94 billion over the biennium, for a total of $67.4 billion, an increase of 6.2 percent.