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Stanley Kutler: What Gov. Walker Won’t Tell You

There is a kernel of truth in Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker?s claim of a “budget shortfall” of $137 million. But Walker, a Republican, failed to tell the state that less than two weeks into his term as governor, he, with his swollen Republican majorities in the Wisconsin legislature, pushed through $117 million in tax breaks for business allies of the GOP. There is your crisis.