Walker/Republicans say; So what did you expect, a balanced budget...like we've been telling you all along?!

To hear Gov. Scott Walker talk about it, hell, shortfalls just mean more cuts. Of course, you know where? This piggy backs on what Sen. Alberta Darling said awhile back, when asked what would happen if the Republican austerity plan and tax cuts for businesses didn’t work; make more cuts. Doh!

And you thought being a responsible elected official was a mentally difficult and a complicated job.

Cap Times: The cost of new legislation, a massive reduction in tax revenues and a series of outstanding debts has the state facing a potential $143.2 million shortfall in 2013, according to the state's Legislative Fiscal Bureau … decreases in employment, consumption and expected revenues from home sales led to a thinner-than-expected year for Wisconsin, costing state coffers more than $272.8 million … That money, along with losses in other areas, has left the state budget more than $208 million short of the constitutionally mandated $65 million balance lawmakers are required to maintain. This could mean the state faces another budget repair bill.

From WISC Channel3000:

It "could mean?" Will Republicans change direction and admit they were wrong?

Gov. Scott Walker said "We will manage the budget by finding further efficiencies in government and continuing to eliminate waste," he said. "When compared to the past and to other states, Wisconsin is heading in the right direction," 

But the corker response goes to the Fitzgerald brothers for acting like budget shortfalls are just another Wisconsin tradition…so get used to them with us in charge. Oh, and look over there, family budgets are really the ones we should be looking at? Are they on drugs?

Assembly Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald and Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald released a joint statement: "Unfortunately, tight budgets are nothing new for Wisconsin," it read. "The state's ledger might make the headlines, but it's family budgets and business budgets that have been feeling the most pain. Wisconsin is not immune to the bad economy, we're simply responding to it better."

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