I don't expect research but at least do a search on Wisconsin Budget Deficit. That's what I did and I came up with this (http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepoli

I don't expect research but at least do a search on Wisconsin Budget Deficit. That's what I did and I came up with this (http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/109275069.html http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/109275069.html)... Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle's administration on Friday told Republican Governor-elect Scott Walker that he would have to cope with a $2.2 billion deficit in the state's upcoming two-year budget, but this brighter-than-expected forecast contained more than $1 billion in hidden pain. To arrive at the favorable estimate, the Doyle administration's estimate assumed that Walker and lawmakers would make spending cuts that have yet to actually happen - two more years of state employee furloughs, no pay raises, a virtual hiring freeze and belt tightening in state health programs. Without that $1.1 billion in savings, the state's projected shortfall rises to $3.3 billion - a significant increase over previous estimates that put the gap at between $2.7 billion and $3.1 billion. Even liberal blogger Ezra Klein backed off the claim you're making (http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2011/02/wisconsins_fiscal_condition.html http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2011/02/wisconsi...)... As I wrote in the update to my original post on Wisconsin, my initial understanding of the way Gov. Scott Walker's tax cuts had changed his state's budget picture was wrong: They didn't add to this year's deficit, but to the 2011-13 deficit. That doesn't make them any more fiscally responsible, but it does mean they're not behind the deterioration in Wisconsin's 2011 budget projections. They're behind part of the deterioration in their 2011-2013 budget projections.