Wisconsin's personal income rebounded more slowly than U.S. average: No. 35 out of 50.

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I read just recently that Walker is still blaming the recall for our slow growth. That excuse is getting old and I can not see many still believing that!



Wisconsin's personal income rebounded more slowly than U.S. average
By John Schmid
March 25, 2014


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After American wages plunged in the darkest days of the last recession, Wisconsin's personal net earnings have rebounded — but at an average annual rate that lags that of the nation and most of its Great Lakes peers, according to the latest government estimates released Tuesday.

Personal net income in the Badger State rose at an average annual rate of 3.2% starting from a base in 2009, the year that national wages bottomed out after the financial crisis on Wall Street threw the global economy into a tailspin, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

That compares with U.S. average annualpersonal income gains of 3.8% in the same 2009-'13 period. Wisconsin's income growth ranked the state at No. 35 out of 50.

Wisconsin's income growth also lagged most other Midwestern states that share similar economies based on factory cities and farm towns. In the 2009-'13 period, Minnesota led the Great Lakes region with 4.7% average net earnings gains (national rank: 7). It was followed by Iowa with 4.7% (8); Indiana at 4.2% (11); Ohio at 3.8% (20); and Michigan at 3.6% (24).

Read more from Journal Sentinel: http://www.jsonline.com/business/personal-income-rebounded-more-slowly-than-us-average-b99233042z1-252302991.html#ixzz2x6WaMnqt

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[Scuba]

1. How'd the Kochs do? That's what matters.

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4. My first thought also.

It all starts with them and then it 'trickles down'. Right?

So how's the trickling going Scott?

That's what he should have to respond to.

[Gothmog]

2. Scott Walker is a failure as governor

Walker's policies are failures. If you compare Wisconsin under Walker to other nearby states, you can see how Walker's policies have failed

[Scuba]

6. No, no, Walker's policies are doing wonders for our State. I hear that every day ...

... on all the major media.

Do you know that the largest media outlet in the State, the Milwaukee Urinal/Sentinel, has a full-time writer whose sole purpose in life is to extol the brilliant intelect and compassionate humanism of our Governer (sic). He's unbiased too. And absolutely trustworthy. He's even named Christian, for crying out loud.


http://malcontends.blogspot.com/2012/04/fun-devastation-of-christian-schneider.html

The Fun Devastation of Christian Schneider, Rightwing Hack

Christian Schneider, a propagandist embedded in the rightwing nexus funding and imposing fiats and decrees upon our Wisconsin citizenry ...

[mike_c]

3. unfortunately, the failure of RW policies will continue to drive people further to the right....

Entrenched partisanship is a big part of the problem. It reduces the perspectives people bring to bear on social problems. Once entrenched in RW ideology, continued failure of RW policies simply reinforces their perception that "the system is broken" and "government doesn't work." This then drives them further rightward because that's the only lens they see the problems through-- any solutions MUST move closer to their ideal solutions, which might be vaguely articulated, but nonetheless reflect their core partisanship.

I suppose something similar probably happens on the left, at least to some degree-- it just seems, from my perspective, that RWers tend to be more reactionary about it.

The only solution I can envision is less partisanship. In an ideal world, politicians on the left and the right should articulate clear alternative policy objectives, their reasons for pursuing them, and plans for achieving them, and debate those rather than simply appealing to partisanship. Typical campaign rhetoric is almost entirely partisan appeal, i.e. "hope and change" are not clear policy alternatives, they're partisan slogans. "He/she is a tax and spend democrat" is likewise purely partisan rhetoric, not a policy discussion about spending priorities and public revenue. The way we frame public policy discourse is largely undermining our ability to pursue consensus solutions.

[postulater]

5. "The system is broken. Vote Republican, break it some more.'

That's my new slogan.

I like your analysis but I fear the rational solution you propose is waaaasy too intelligent for Republicans to understand.