Walker deals with double dose of bad economic news

[riversedge]

Nothing seems to knock the smirk off his face!





Walker deals with double dose of bad economic news

Associated Press
August 29, 2014

MADISON — Gov. Scott Walker tried to put a positive spin Friday on the one-two punch of lackluster jobs numbers and a drop in tax collections that will likely put the budget in the red next year.

Walker's administration reported Thursday that tax collections were $281 million less than anticipated for the fiscal year that ended in June. That puts the two-year budget on pace to be at a $115 million shortfall by June 30.

Adding to the bad news, the state Department of Workforce Development reported late Thursday that private-sector jobs grew just 1.3 percent during the 12-month period ending in March. State-by-state comparisons won't be available until Sept. 18, but the slow growth is on par with Wisconsin's last quarterly report when the state ranked 37th nationwide for 2013.

The weak economic news came on the heels of a Marquette University Law School poll on Wednesday that showed Walker and Democratic challenger Mary Burke in a dead heat. It was the third Marquette poll since May showing the race as essentially tied....


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[Jackpine Radical]

1. That's not a smirk.

It's a rictus.

[love_katz]

2. Serves him right.

I hope the voters wise up, and give him the boot.

[Scuba]

3. Maybe Walker will appear with Barack when he's here. That would undermine his support.

Mary Burke won't, we know that.

[Gothmog]

4. Walker's policies have been a disaster

Like Brownback, Walker is proving that the GOP ideas do not work