A closer look at Wisconsin’s economy under Gov. Scott Walker =Walker is a FAILURE

[riversedge]

Smack down!


http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/presidential-campaign/247539-a-closer-look-at-wisconsins-economy-under-gov-scott


July 13, 2015, 06:00 am
A closer look at Wisconsin’s economy under Gov. Scott Walker

By former Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak (D)

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is looking for a new job but, unfortunately, so are too many of his constituents.

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Even just a glance at economic metrics in Wisconsin tells a story of stifled job growth, ballooning deficits, and a shrinking middle class.

When looking for reasons why Walker may have failed so miserably at creating jobs in Wisconsin, the obvious place to look would be his flagship job creation agency: The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC). WEDC, which Walker chaired, gave out taxpayer-funded loans to hundreds of companies in the hopes of spurring growth. But the jobs Walker promised never materialized. Instead, in an epic display of mismanagement, WEDC lost track of millions of dollars in loans, gave awards to ineligible businesses, and has generally been a poor steward of taxpayers’ money.

In terms of job growth, Wisconsin has consistently trailed the national average. In fact, Wisconsin only saw 1.5 percent private-sector job growth in 2014. Unfortunately for Wisconsinites, while this is the best job creation number Walker has seen throughout his entire time in office, it lags far behind the national growth rate of 2.6 percent.

But none of this should come as a surprise. Instead of fulfilling his promise to create jobs, Walker has chosen to prioritize attacking public workers and teachers. All this did was create a culture of polarization that has divided his state to the core..................

[Kevin from WI]

1. If you think he's been bad for Wisconsin; he will be worse as POTUS

I firmly believe he will permanently destroy the USA. We will not recover from this. No other Republican has terrified me as much as this man has. It's bad enough what he has done to Wisconsin. As president he will be even worse. Death and destruction will happen on a scale like nothing we have seen before. Civil Liberties gone. Freedom will die. If Satan exists it has a bald spot and lives in the governors mansion in WI. People probably think I am exaggerating, but this SOB is dangerous. I cringe at the idea of him having access to nukes.

[riversedge]

2. oh, I agree with what you say....

We just have to convince so many others. Any we will