Shutting Down Wisconsin Government

I see that Doyle is threatening to shut down various parts of Wisconsin government if there isn’t a new budget passed soon with his tax hikes. 

It’s getting late and I’m a bit budgeted out for the day, so I’ll make this quick.  The state of Wisconsin is currently operating under the previous budget.  Because of the natural increase in tax revenues from a growing economy, Wisconsin’s government will actually take in about a billion MORE dollars even without any tax increases.  Also, the budget included COL and other built in increases.  So if a budget is not passed, Wisconsin can and will spend more money than it did last year.

If Doyle chooses to shut down government services even though they are getting as much or more tax dollars than last year, then he can have at it.  It would show his utter weakness as an executive to manage the state.  A manager from Best Buy could keep the store open without a budget increase.  I would think that the governor could do at least that.