I'm Dan Schaefer, let's recombobulate.
The biggest thing that happens in Wisconsin state government every two years is the state
budget.
And last week at the state capital, Republican lawmakers took a step forward in the process
by voting out more than 600 measures from Governor Tony Evers' budget proposal.
This has become a familiar step in this era of divided government.
This is now the fourth budget proposal that Evers has put forward and each one has been
met with a similar fate.
Even as this has become the custom, it doesn't have to be this way.
Republicans could honestly engage with this budget and debate it on its merits.
There are good smart proposals here on everything from healthcare, to education, to childcare,
to environmental protection.
And if there are items here they disagree on, make the case.
Have the debate.
But by voting everything out and starting from scratch, they are letting down the people
of Wisconsin they are elected to represent by refusing to have this debate on a very basic
level.
We should expect better.
And all of Dan's work at the Recombobulation Area.
