MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WRN) — Most respondents in a newly released Marquette Law School poll wanted state lawmakers to approve a proposed tax relief and K-12 funding bill earlier this month.
Poll director Charles Franklin tells WISN’s UPFRONT the survey was done rapidly to match the speed of the announcement and rejection of the package.
“This bill may not be the most important bill the legislature has ever considered, but it was certainly one of the more surprising outcomes, at least to me,” Franklin said.
80 percent of respondents said the Legislature should have passed the 1 point 8 billion dollar package, while fewer than 20 percent said those opposing the bill did the right thing. The bill would have tapped part of the state surplus, and analysis by the Legislative Fiscal Bureau found that could lead to a budget deficit.