claim: says salaries and benefits for wisconsin state employee comprised 8.5 percent of the 2009-2011 state budget.
author: mark pocan
evidence_1: may 9, 2018 ... governor walker and the wisconsin state legislature have pursued a highly ... 8.5  percent in minnesota compared with 6.4 percent in wisconsin. .... and governor  walker signed, the wisconsin budget repair bill, also known as act 10. ... ability  to support employees in bargaining for better wages, benefits, ...
evidence_2: says salaries and benefits for wisconsin state employee comprised 8.5 percent  of the 2009-2011 state budget. — politifact wisconsin on sunday, april 24th, ...
evidence_3: figure 1: annual percentage budget increases, fiscal 1979 to fiscal 2012 . ....  table 18: state employee compensation changes, fiscal 2012 .
evidence_4: feb 3, 2010 ... set aside to pay for employees' retirement benefits and the .... wisconsin all  entered the current recession with ...... comprise between 70 percent and 80  percent of pension plan ... rate assumption to 8.5 percent would have caused the  funding ...... state's $3 billion budget gap for the 2009–2011 biennium.
evidence_5: income taxes accounted for 44.1 percent of total state tax collections. ... the  illinois state budget and financial data presented here come from different ...  expenditures generally include spending on government salaries, infrastructure,  .... that has not been repaid, or post-retirement benefits promised to state  employees.