Budget gimmicks and fiscal claims that can’t be trusted







Scott Walker makes the phony claim that, as County Executive, he has not increased taxes. But by his own numbers, tax levies have increased by $39 million under his administration. He claims his budget is balanced, yet right now the County is $10 million in the red and he borrowed $400 million more to cover his pension deficits. These Wall Street style accounting tricks can’t make his phony numbers look better. It’s a shell game. When it comes to fiscal responsibility, Walker talks the talk but he does not walk the walk.