The numbers ought to speak for themselves.
Wisconsin, under the Senate’s version of the state budget approved last week, will increase state spending on the University of Wisconsin System by about 0.5 percent in the coming budget year and about 0.3 percent the following year, according to the Legislative Fiscal Bureau.
If there was ever any doubt before, there certainly shouldn’t be any now — it’s not UW’s fault that state finances are screwed up. UW took a big cut in state funding two years ago. Now UW’s state funding is basically being frozen.