Figures don’t lie but liars can figure.
Re: Wisconsin economy and job growth being compared to surrounding states (prefer to use Democrat talking points).
Some facts that they don’t want to take into account:
Gov Walker continues to roll back state dept budgets (which has shrunk those jobs) ie DLM, Sec of State, etc; he’s cut Univ Wis budget/taken tenure out of the state constitution (which has shrunk those jobs).
Unemployment went from 8% to 4% - number of new employed lower because already higher than other states.
Bush likes to compare FL employment when he was governor - 1999 to 2007 BEFORE the bust.
The EPA, energy sector, Obamacare and other federal dictates and regulatory oversight has depressed the economy and slowed hiring.
Wisconsin’s pension plan is fully funded.
Wisconsin continues to lower property taxes.
Walker’s policies are good examples of how he intends to roll back government on the federal level and return many of these decisions to the local and state level.
Super PACs
Super PACs, officially known as “independent-expenditure only committees,” may not make contributions to candidate campaigns or parties, but may engage in unlimited political spending independently of the campaigns. Unlike traditional PACs, they can raise funds from individuals, corporations, unions, and other groups without any legal limit on donation size.
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“WAUKESHA, Wisconsin — GOP presidential candidate Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker threw anti-conservative Brad Dayspring, who’s working for his Super PAC Unintimidated PAC, under the bus on Sean Hannity’s television program on Monday evening in an hour-long interview after announcing his White House run.
“Let me ask you about a hire of yours that has angered conservatives, it’s come up a lot in the news—Brent Bozell talks about Brad Dayspring as someone who besmirches the reputations of conservatives, that he’s paid to do the ugly work—do you pay attention to any of that, those criticisms?” Hannity asked Walker.
“Well, he doesn’t work for me, he works for the Super PACs out there and by ‘he doesn’t work for me’ I can’t tell any Super PACs anything,” Walker replied amid crosstalk.