Posted on 03/10/2015 7:27:44 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Governor Scott Walker (R., Wis.) wasted no time in mocking President Obama’s performance with respect to the economy after the president picked a fight with him for signing a right-to-work bill into law.
“On the heels of vetoing Keystone Pipeline legislation, which would have paved the way to create thousands of quality, middle-class jobs, the President should be looking to states, like Wisconsin, as an example for how to grow our economy,” Walker said in a statement to National Review Online. “Despite a stagnant national economy and a lack of leadership in Washington, since we took office, Wisconsin’s unemployment rate is down to 5.0 percent, and more than 100,000 jobs and 30,000 businesses have been created.”
Obama said he was “deeply disappointed” in Walker’s decision to sign the legislation, which bans the mandatory collection of union dues.
“Wisconsin is a state built by labor, with a proud pro-worker past,” Obama said in a Tuesday evening statement. “So even as its governor claims victory over working Americans, I’d encourage him to try and score a victory for working Americans – by taking meaningful action to raise their wages and offer them the security of paid leave. That’s how you give hardworking middle-class families a fair shot in the new economy – not by stripping their rights in the workplace, but by offering them all the tools they need to get ahead.”
Walker said that the legislation, “along with our investments in worker training and our work to lower the tax burden, will lead to more freedom and prosperity for all of Wisconsin.”
So--the NRO now predicts the future?
Touche’
SW is not timid about trading punches. Than God for an honest patriotic American who is not afraid to stand up to these Progressive Bullies!
“What we`re gonna be seeing is a WEAKENING of the power of labor over the next couple years and along with that the WEAKENING of the power of the Democratic Party.
It`s almost like what we`re seeing (Monday) is the moment Wisconsin becomes a Republican state,” UW-Milwaukee Professor Mordecai Lee said...
We can see how the Left gets hysterical and crumbles with consistent push back. They don’t know how to handle Walker because he won’t let them box him in.
And instead of learning from the experience of being trounced repeatedly, they're digging in
Mayor de Blasio will be keynote speaker at party for Wisconsin Democrats
So many headlines about about Obama’s take on Walker’s signing “right to work” legislation.
Obama slams Walker
Obama blasts Walker
Obama condemns Walker
Obama goes after Walker
Obama rails against ‘anti-work law’ Walker signed
Obama annihilates Scott Walker
Obama takes swipe at Scott Walker
Obama attacks Scott Walker
Mayor de Blasio will kiss their bo-bo.
I guess that’s boo-boo.
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Bully for Scott Walker! Outstanding counterpunch.
states v executive BUMP!
WHAT!?! A Republican elected official who actually counter-punches with a liberal!?!
On what planet? Oh yeah, planet Walker. Hopefully the gravitational pull is strong enough to draw in the DC gang and infuse them with fortitude.
Obama’s performance = 000000
Bush would never fight back when attacked.
To his credit, Walker wastes no time hitting back and hitting back hard.
Drove me nuts. I guess he thought he should turn the other cheek.
Problem was, he dragged millions of his former supporters down with him.
“.....Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, a group that advocated for the law has also weighed on on Obama’s statement. WMC President/CEO Kurt R. Bauer said:
“It’s disappointing that President Obama has come out against a policy that gives workers freedom of choice in the workplace. The fact is, right to work states grow jobs and wages twice as fast as forced-union states do. By contrast, the President supports a wage policy that the Congressional Budget Office said will likely kill 500,000 American jobs. Gov. Walker remains focused on providing freedom and economic opportunity to workers.”
And that’s exactly what we need... and have been screaming for since 1988.
President Obama’s performance NEEDS major mocking!
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