Scott Walker Recall: Release Of Job Numbers Could Hurt Wisconsin Governor

Wisconsin State Journal:

The state Department of Workforce Development will release job numbers next month that could be the most anticipated statistics of Gov. Scott Walker's short tenure.

Read the whole story: Wisconsin State Journal

Comments

[Spencer Hamilton]

03:10 PM on 02/24/2012

Well DUH! he is a job killer, union busting, surplus eating Governor who is the Bush of WI, I can't wait to hear that he's been recalled and we have a Senate and House that will fight for the ordinary Wisconsonites

[adarps5]

09:08 AM on 02/24/2012

It's working! Scott Walker continues to destroy the Wisconsin economy. http://host.madison.com/ct/business/biz_beat/biz-beat-wisconsin-leads-midwest-in-layoffs-new-jobless-claims/article_fca7c81e-5e42-11e1-a64a-0019bb2963f4.html

[4 EYES]

01:48 AM on 02/23/2012

La Follette Moves Closer To Run For Governor
Secretary Of State Plans To File Thursday With GAB
http://www.channel3000.com/politics/30518228/detail.html

[evershiftingcenter]

01:57 AM on 02/24/2012

Job loss 7.3 to 7.7 with Wisconsin losing more more jobs then any other state in the country.

You can look up his campaign promises but you can't refute the loss numbers. I hope this helps you avoid my provocative nature and consider me a friend.

[4 EYES]

08:42 AM on 02/24/2012

Are you referring to Scooter or Doug LaFollette?....8-)

[Mr Crabs]

08:37 PM on 02/22/2012

If the repubs won't let Obama claim the "It would have been worse," clause, they're not allowed to say it either.

[ABandApart]

08:09 PM on 02/22/2012

I wouldn't put it past Walker's money men to start some project that will create a bunch of jobs, only to be cancelled the day after election day.

[pollclaire]

08:51 PM on 02/22/2012

They've given out lots of tax credits to employers, but the business community hasn't exactly rallied around Walker and created any new economic activity.

Mostly they appear to have taken the tax savings and put it in the bank, thus demonstrating the limits of supply-side tax policies.

The lesson? Demand for goods and services is the only thing that creates jobs, not Capital, Oligarchs or Governors. When you take money out of the hands of individuals and concentrate it in the hands of capital, you get negative results.

[ZeraLee]

05:35 PM on 02/24/2012

Tax cuts may grease the wheels, but they won't pull the cart.

[TadH]

07:58 PM on 02/22/2012

What a cr

[4 EYES]

08:33 AM on 02/24/2012

I'll bet you were going to say something....

[TadH]

06:00 PM on 02/24/2012

Oh jeez...didn't realize it posted...

[isupportclasswarfare]

07:44 PM on 02/22/2012

komrade walker and his br0wn shirts b0ys the fitzf00ligans got gob smacked by the federal courts today.

[pollclaire]

08:34 PM on 02/22/2012

What an odd situation, when a bunch of Reagan appointees take the state Republicans to task. How did they ever think it was legal to use public money to fund the 'party caucus' where they drew up their secret redistricting maps? I figure they owe us about $500,000, and possibly much more.

Even more priceless are the paid advocates that they sent to the public hearings, the secrecy agreement that they had to sign in order to view what were ostensibly public documents, and the very specific instructions to 'ignore public comments' on the redistricting process.

If their stated intention is to ignore the public, exactly who ARE they representing? Themselves?

[eLucida]

08:52 PM on 02/22/2012

>If their stated intention is to ignore the public, exactly who ARE they representing?

ALEC

[getoffmyside]

08:57 PM on 02/22/2012

By paid advocates, are you referring to Ottman and Stoltz or are there some others I am not familiar with?

[luvsox]

07:31 PM on 02/22/2012

I'm sure Walker's Chicago connection, the Heartland institute, can spin a little thing like that. Those Chicago boys sure know what's what for Wisconsin.

[amluvinit2]

07:27 PM on 02/22/2012

I see people all over this thread posting how public sector workers are worthless. What man, or woman is worth $13.7 million dollars a year? The Oil company execs whose companies get tax subsidies, believe they are worth that much. Our tax dollars hard at work. That's 263k / week. That is 6,586/ hr. Now you tell me it's not worth our while to pay teachers, policemen, nurses, doctors, scientists, or bus drivers, but we can subsidize oil companies, so they can give their CEO's that kind of pay. Who is worth more to the majority? Not the CEO's or people that put us in this mess for sure. I am all for people making it, and doing well, but enough on the backs of the middle class and poor. Enough on the premise that regular people are bad. I am tired of the divide that's played out in this country. The people that should be angry are defending these guys, for what? Next time you take public transportation, or see that a police officer is doing his duty, or a fireman is putting out a fire, you should be thankful we have these public services.

[pollclaire]

08:44 PM on 02/22/2012

Great comment. Anyone who wants a business-run society hasn't looked closely enough at the many examples of business-run societies around the world. Russia and China are two of my personal favorites. Universally, they're anti-democratic and unaccountable governments that maintain power through state security while the populations remain mired in poverty.

But they're profitable and competitive, so that makes it OK.

The strongest, wealthiest and most enduring societies on earth are the ones with strong civil institutions and an empowered citizenry, not the ones that are run by capital and business.

[amluvinit2]

07:08 PM on 02/22/2012

Not shocking at all. The man is poison. The only reason he won, was because of the divide the Koch Bros. instilled in the people of WI.

[4 EYES]

08:45 AM on 02/24/2012

...and voter apathy...We had lower than 50% voter turnout, and that ALWAYS favors (R)s....8-)

[isupportclasswarfare]

06:12 PM on 02/22/2012

Something to ponder, under bush's patriot act it's legal to keep the k0.ch brothers, the heritage foundation, the mackinac center for public policy, the heritage foundation and the ca..to institute under surveillance for suspicious anti American economic terr.0r.ist activities. I hope the Obama administration is doing that.

[isupportclasswarfare]

06:04 PM on 02/22/2012

Federal courts to walker, and his pup..pet masters the k0..chs...get bent...and as for the fitzf00ligan brothers, lawyer up you two old dou.ghy pas.ty wh..!.te b0ys, your back room deals broke the law.

Oh, yeah, President Obama leads in WI polls while walker is polling very badly as he faces a recall election.

[sgraham59]

05:18 PM on 02/22/2012

Judge Tells Republicans To Change Redistricting Map Make It Fair Now Headed To Federal Court

[WI Patriot]

05:25 PM on 02/22/2012

Of course it does since when does the judicial branch legislate?

Separation of powers, one of the foundations of our Govt. Since the public unions can't get their people elected, they have to use lawsuits to circumvent the checks and balances in the government.


Will end up like last year on a different issue where a 7th grader can predict the outcome - Democratically elected Legislators make laws. Not too tough folks.

[sgraham59]

05:27 PM on 02/22/2012

Go Play In The Road

[isupportclasswarfare]

06:06 PM on 02/22/2012

wiparrrot....two of the three judges were appointed by a gop Prez.....nice try, got anything more?

[Always Telling The Truth]

04:55 PM on 02/22/2012

OMG - is anyone paying attention to the disaster in Illinois?
They raised taxes big time --
Cut services big time -
Laid off Hugh numbers of state employees -
Closed countless state facilities -
But kept the UNION in tact.
The result --
Illinois is in even deep debt!
But here in Wisconsin --
Thanks to Scott Walker -- mostly Roses - ;-)

[BoycottFox2]

05:07 PM on 02/22/2012

Grow up.

[Just a passerby]

05:20 PM on 02/22/2012

Scott Walker:

Criminal Cronies
Dishonestly manipulated the accounting process to pretend he balanced the budget - the exact same technique he pledged to stop.
Runs the state with the greatest number of job losses in the nation

[getoffmyside]

04:54 PM on 02/22/2012

Komrade Walker's friend Kelly Rindfleisch gets to keep the charges and move forward through the courts.

[isupportclasswarfare]

06:16 PM on 02/22/2012

komrade walker is chomping on tums like popcorn these days, the WI third re..ich is going down

[getoffmyside]

06:32 PM on 02/22/2012

And that's a good thing.