Getting to know Scott Walker...from One Wisconsin NOW
The reality of Scott Walker's record on higher education
WALKER RHETORIC: “Give people the education and skills they need to succeed.”
WISCONSIN REALITY: Scott Walker refuses to a support a Wisconsin plan which would allow student loan borrowers the ability to refinance their loans, just like you can a mortgage. Federal legislation to allow refinancing would immediately allow 20 million student loan borrowers to keep more of their hard earned money. [Daily Cardinal, 4/10/2014; Racine Journal Times, 9/10/2014]
http://wispolitics.com/index.iml?Article=353656
The reality of Scott Walker's record on K-12 education
WALKER RHETORIC: “I ran for Governor because I was worried about my kids' future.”
WISCONSIN REALITY: Scott Walker made the largest cuts to public education in the history of Wisconsin — a staggering $1.2 billion. [Associated Press, 6/10/2015]
WISCONSIN REALITY: Scott Walker has allowed hundreds of millions of dollars to be stolen from public education by private interests and expanded taxpayer-funded private schools statewide, while providing no real accountability to students, parents and taxpayers. [2013 Act 20, 2015 Act 55]
http://wispolitics.com/index.iml?Article=353621
The reality of Scott Walker's record on reproductive health
WALKER RHETORIC: “I’ve always been pro-life and I’ve got a position I think is consistent with many Americans out there.”
WISCONSIN REALITY: By eliminating state funding for Planned Parenthood, Walker forced the closure of five rural family planning health centers, cutting access to more than 18,800 health services including cancer screenings, birth control, and health exams for over 3,100 Wisconsinites. [Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin]
http://wispolitics.com/index.iml?Article=353610
The reality of Scott Walker's record on the economy & the middle class
WALKER RHETORIC: “We more than made up for the jobs lost in the recession.”
WISCONSIN REALITY: Scott Walker promised he would create 250,000 private sector jobs in Wisconsin and not only have barely over half of those jobs materialized, Wisconsin is dead last in the midwest for job creation while he has been governor and Wisconsin is an appalling 38th in the nation for job creation. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5/21/2015; Politifact, 3/16/2015; Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3/19/2015]
WISCONSIN REALITY: Scott Walker’s privatized job creation agency, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, has been rife with cronyism, corruption and incompetence. Numerous audits have confirmed complete mismanagement under Walker and new research showed $700 million of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation’s $1.14 billion in taxpayer-funded grants went to Scott Walker campaign donors. [Capital Times, 5/8/2015; WEDC: Four Years of Failure]
http://wispolitics.com/index.iml?Article=353613
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