In a world already overrun with angst and trepidation, it might put Wisconsin taxpayers over the edge to learn the state budget has a ticking time bomb that threatens to explode what they’ll have to pay for private school vouchers. It’s already approaching $1 billion a year—with a limit on how many students can use the taxpayer-funded voucher program. So what if that cap on enrollment goes away? That’s what’s scheduled to happen next year unless this budget bomb is diffused.

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