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A week old but glad to see it.
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Leonard DaVin©i ?@WaukeSlosh Mar 20
Uh oh, the national media are starting to notice that Walker's track record is BS. http://www.marketwatch.com/story/scott-walkers-exaggerated-record-on-jobs-2015-03-20?dist=lcountdown
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Scott Walkers exaggerated record on jobs
By West Wing Reports @WestWingReport
The Wisconsin governors job creation recordcompared to the promises he madehas been less than stellar, writes Paul Brandus.
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Opinion: Scott Walkers exaggerated record on jobs
Published: Mar 20, 2015 9:38 a.m. ET
By Paul Brandus
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker hasnt delivered the job growth he promised.
Scott Walker has been compared to Ronald Reagan by both Republicans and Democratssparking hopes, and fears, that hed be just like the Gipper in the White House. Great for the jobs and the economy, GOPers say. A deficit-busting enemy of the working man, counter Dems. Is he as good as some Republicans think and as bad as Democrats fear? And how has the Badger states economy fared under his leadership?
Walker crows that hes a hardcore conservative who has rolled to three consecutive victories in a deep blue state. Wisconsin, after all, hasnt supported a Republican for president since the Reagan landslide of 1984.
Impressive, though its fair to note that Walkers wins for governor have come in non-presidential years2010 and 2014when lazy Democrats dont vote. But independents do, and Walker has consistently done well with this swing group, getting 56% and 54% in his two races, and 54% in the 2012 recall vote. Those are consistent, solid margins spread out over several years, which suggests Walkers appeal has staying power.
On a national basis, Walker is largely known as the governor who eliminated collective bargaining rights for most public employee unions in Wisconsinand then beat back a recall motion over it. It vaulted him into folk-hero status with conservatives, and Walker has been milking it for all its worth ever sinceincluding one since-retracted claim that if he can take on Wisconsins unions, he can handle ISIS in the Middle East.
The win further emboldened Walker. Just last week he won round two in his fight against against big labor, signing a right to work bill that says private-sector workers dont have to pay union fees if they dont want to. The Governor called the measure one more big tool for attracting jobs to his state.
The fight versus Wisconsins unions has national implications. Walker argues that the rest of the country needs similar reforms; if he were to win the White House, a President Walker and Republican-controlled Congress would almost certainly move to weaken labor laws wherever they could, shifting power from workers to corporations.
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(297,935 posts)Scuba
(53,475 posts)... take on ISIS.
Now he says it's his background as an Eagle Scout that makes him so qualified.
Fuck this odiferous blob of santorum.