Walker's 80,000 job deficit

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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/09/24/1135896/-Walker-s-80-000-job-deficit

During the recall election campaign, Scott Walker re-made his 2010 promise to see Wisconsin create 250,000 jobs during his first term, and furthermore said that there would be a "dramatic turnaround" and "a tremendous takeoff" in the jobs numbers after June 5th as political uncertainty was removed. There are now three new months of Wisconsin jobs data since Walker's re-election on June 5th, so it's time to re-visit the numbers and see how things are shaping up:

Over the last three months, Wisconsin has lost 11,500 jobs and the Walker jobs deficit (the difference between where we are and where Wisconsin would be if growth had happened at the national rate) is 17,300.

Since Walker became Governor in January 2011, Wisconsin has lost 20,200 jobs. The total jobs deficit since then is now an incredible 80,000 (the disparity rising from 66,000 when I last diaried this in May):

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1. On the plus side, the Kochs are ecstatic with Walker's performance ...

... the Solidarity Singers, not so much.

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2. he turned down that rail money thinking he would get road funds.....

he thought his fellow republican ray lahood would give him the money for roads since he turned down the rail money. boy-o-boy did he read lahood wrong!

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3. Graphics from the article ...