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hoppy On August 27, 2013




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#1New Post! Jul 12, 2011 @ 09:44:38
The Kaukauna Area School District, in the Fox River Valley of Wisconsin near Appleton, has about 4,200 students and about 400 employees. It has struggled in recent times and this year faced a deficit of $400,000. But after the law went into effect at 12:01 a.m. June 29, school officials put in place new policies they estimate will turn that $400,000 deficit into a $1.5 million surplus. And it's all because of the very provisions that union leaders predicted would be disastrous.-More



https://townhall.com/columnists/byronyork/2011/07/12/wisconsins_controversial_budget_law_begins_to_pay_off
Spinkiegirl On August 18, 2018




Chicago, Illinois
#2New Post! Jul 12, 2011 @ 23:08:39
@hoppy Said

The Kaukauna Area School District, in the Fox River Valley of Wisconsin near Appleton, has about 4,200 students and about 400 employees. It has struggled in recent times and this year faced a deficit of $400,000. But after the law went into effect at 12:01 a.m. June 29, school officials put in place new policies they estimate will turn that $400,000 deficit into a $1.5 million surplus. And it's all because of the very provisions that union leaders predicted would be disastrous.-More



https://townhall.com/columnists/byronyork/2011/07/12/wisconsins_controversial_budget_law_begins_to_pay_off



Well, as long as in the end....it's the students who are the ones winning with this issue.......than we should all be THANKFUL!!! Students are way more important and valuable than law makers and politicians!
Leon On December 21, 2023




San Diego, California
#3New Post! Jul 12, 2011 @ 23:19:52
*edit*

Never mind, link works now.
Spinkiegirl On August 18, 2018




Chicago, Illinois
#4New Post! Jul 12, 2011 @ 23:30:18
@Leon Said

*edit*

Never mind, link works now.



nooneinparticular On March 16, 2023




, Hawaii
#5New Post! Jul 13, 2011 @ 21:26:07
@hoppy Said

The Kaukauna Area School District, in the Fox River Valley of Wisconsin near Appleton, has about 4,200 students and about 400 employees. It has struggled in recent times and this year faced a deficit of $400,000. But after the law went into effect at 12:01 a.m. June 29, school officials put in place new policies they estimate will turn that $400,000 deficit into a $1.5 million surplus. And it's all because of the very provisions that union leaders predicted would be disastrous.-More



https://townhall.com/columnists/byronyork/2011/07/12/wisconsins_controversial_budget_law_begins_to_pay_off


This payed off in a literal monetary sense?

Or in a feel-good the unions have less power sense??
hoppy On August 27, 2013




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#6New Post! Jul 13, 2011 @ 21:35:35
@nooneinparticular Said

This payed off in a literal monetary sense?

Or in a feel-good the unions have less power sense??


Like the article says:

But after the law went into effect at 12:01 a.m. June 29, school officials put in place new policies they estimate will turn that $400,000 deficit into a $1.5 million surplus.

Wait and see.
nooneinparticular On March 16, 2023




, Hawaii
#7New Post! Jul 13, 2011 @ 21:41:25
@hoppy Said

Like the article says:

But after the law went into effect at 12:01 a.m. June 29, school officials put in place new policies they estimate will turn that $400,000 deficit into a $1.5 million surplus.

Wait and see.


Estimate.

Therefore, your title is misleading.

As people like to point out here about Obamacare, estimates are not actual money.
hoppy On August 27, 2013




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#8New Post! Jul 13, 2011 @ 21:42:55
@nooneinparticular Said

Estimate.

Therefore, your title is misleading.

As people like to point out here about Obamacare, estimates are not actual money.



Wait and see.
nooneinparticular On March 16, 2023




, Hawaii
#9New Post! Jul 13, 2011 @ 21:48:09
@hoppy Said

Wait and see.


I will remember this when you talk of obamacare again...
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