The Wailing Mayor of Spend It--Milwaukee

Mayor "Corvair" Johnson of Milwaukee wants more money from out-state taxpayers.

..."The revenues just are not flowing the way that they used to, and then that's having a direct effect on our ability to fund core city services," Johnson said.

Johnson says shared revenue not only dropped but flatlined since 2000. Here's what that state money paid for 22 years ago.

"We used to get enough money to pay for the entirety of the police department budget, which is our largest budget expenditure, the entirety of the fire department budget and have several millions of dollars left over to invest in roads, invest in other priorities for the city," Johnson said. "Now we don't even get enough back in shared revenue to pay for the police department's budget."...

Just for fun, we looked at the Cop Shop budgets in MKE for 2000 and 2021.

In 2000, the Milwaukee Police budget was $149 million.  Adjust that for inflation, and you get $261 million as of July 2022.

What was the police budget in Milwaukee for LAST YEAR?

Two Hundred Ninety-Seven million dollars. 

There are less cops on the street in Milwaukee.  Are out-state taxpayers expected to give Milwaukee MORE than inflation-adjusted dollars?

If so, why??