that we re finding are going towards creating jobs. they don t even take effect until after july 1st. this has nothing to do with what s going on. the fiscal legislative bureau says we have a surplus. no, we do not have a surplus. that s absolutely not true. we have a massive deficit. no, we don t. we have a $140 million deficit just in medicaid. just in medicaid. look at the fiscal bureau memo that came out after january 19th. we have a serious fiscal crisis. your party for too long kicked the can down the road. we re going to fix it once and for all because the people of michigan demanded change in november and it s going to happen because we cannot wait anymore. senator coggs, in all fairness, i ve not heard anyone in your state say you have a surplus. i ve seen figures in something of 135 million. i ve seen 3 billion. you re saying those deficits
that we re finding are going towards creating jobs. they don t even take effect until after july 1st. this has nothing to do with what s going on. we do not have a surplus. you have no idea. that s absolutely untrue. we re in a massive deficit. no, we don t. we have a million dollar deficit just in medicaid. just in medicaid. look at the fiscal bureau memo that came out after january 19th. we have a serious fiscal crisis. your party for too long kicked the can down the road. we re going fix it because the people of wisconsin demand change in november and i want is going to happen because we cannot wait any more. senator, in all fairness i ve not heard anyone say your state doesn t have a surplus. i ve seen figures in something of 135 million. i ve seen 3 billion. you re saying those deficits don t occur.