Claim: To help balance the 2011-13 budget, Gov. Scott Walker used "a credit card" approach that "pushed over $500 million in debt onto our children and our grandchildren" costing state taxpayers "more than $150 million in interest."
Fact-check: Barrett says Walker used a "credit card" approach to balance state budget, pushing borrowing costs into the future
Verdict: mostly-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: James B. Nelson
Date published: 2012-05-31T00:00:00