Cut it Out

Great!

Senate Majority Leader Russ Decker, D-Schofield, said he wants to scrap the transfer of $200 million from a fund to pay medical malpractice claims that exceed insurance limits and instead impose a $418 million tax on hospitals.

Or… here’s a silly thought… how about we scrap the unconstitutional raid of the PCF and just cut spending by $200 million?  Any takers?  Heck, I’ll even propose a place to do it.  How about we cut $25 million from the DNR, $100 million from K-12, $1 million from the governor’s office, $10 million from the legislature, $20 million from UW, and $44 million from transportation?  After all, it represents less than a 1% cut in the proposed general fund spending and less than 0.5% of total state government spending.  Heck, that doesn’t get us to the level of spending less than in the last budget - not even close.  Everybody still gets more money, just not as much of an increase as they would have liked. 

Any takers?  Cut spending?  Yes? No?