If you've been watching the Ed Show for the past 15 months and you don't think you're going to see the following chart tonight you need your head examined.
Econbrowser (by way of @DaveWeigel) posted the following chart demonstrating Scott Walker's actual performance on jobs to his promise of 250k jobs. This is not pretty.
We have a TON of stuff on tap re: Wisconsin tonight. Make sure you tune in!
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The sooner Walker is gone the better we will be in Wisconsin.
As a Wisconsin resident eager to oust Walker, I want to thank you, Ed, for staying on top of our efforts.
If you live in Wisconsin Please do what you can to get the voters out. This one is important for all of us.
I am appalled at the people who support Scooter even after viewing the tape with Diane Hendricks. It's not the union busting that gets me(even though I think that it was not right to do) but it's just the fact that Walker has lied to the entire state, even to the people that supported him. He has divided this state by his lying, devious and nefarious talk. Can't his supporters see the lies or are they so enamoured with Scooter that he can say anything and they will believe him. That seems to be very foolish. He says that the left ouside of our state has supported the recall with money when he has been getting multi-millions from out of state people. He twists and turns everything into a lie. His very actions lie. He does not deserve to stay as our governor. By the way, if he doesn't support the "right to work" laws doesn't that mean that he even lied to Diane Hendricks to get her money? I think that he should return her donations, if he was lying to her.
I live in Austin, Tx so I understand what Wisconsin is going through. I work in the entertainment/production sector of our economy. when Perry came to office the film industry was taking off in Texas. Austin experienced some major cuts from the GOP, which was done vehemently to punish Austin for being a blue island in a Red GOP sea. Funding was taken away from the film industry and studios moved to neighboring states. The film industry in central Texas lost business. I noticed Scotts desk motto "Wisconsin, Open for Business"; in Scott's case it is Wisconsin ready to Sell out.
Walker will run away with the election. He won it the first time and he will win it again.
I don't know. People know what a lying piece of garbage he is this time.
Are you out of your mind, blind and deaf, or what, the guys a crook.
Why would you want him as your Governor? It was my understanding he was not named in the John Doe Investigation, however, he hired criminal attorneys - why?
Typical GOP Republican, lying to the U. S. Congress regarding destroy and conquer. These are the citizens of Wisconsin abd America Scott was dying to destroy.
Scott Walker, being a republican, is the epitomy of the liar syndrome inherent in the party, he will never change or can not change because he wants/loves that Koch money and power. That includes Mitt the vulture.
- Any Wisconsinite knows why Scott Kevin Walker was not graduated from Marquette University? May be Marquette could give us the answer?
- Walker Gate in Wisconsin?
... and now you know the rest of the story?
Walker seems to be doing much better keeping his campaign promises than Obama. And you know I have never heard Walker blame his predecessor for his problems. Also can you show us a chart on property and income taxes in Wisconsin for the same period, I understand they have gone down under Walker.
Didn't master lock just bring jobs back to WI from China?
This all about Walker having the stones to stand up to the AFL-CIO and they don't like it when people do that.
The DNC is joined at the hip with the AFL-CIO, with the union the DNC would run out of money tomorrow.
Probably because his predecessor did not give huge tax breaks in 2001 and 2003 and not pay for them, nor did his predecessor get Wisconsin in 2 wars that were not paid for, nor did his predecessor have the worst job creations record since Truman.
Did Walker not promise jobs - my understanding is more jobs were lost. No growth there. Since his budget is out of balance he wants to balance his budget with money that being given to homeowners who lost their homes. He followed the Republican strategy - cut taxes and cut spending on Education, Police and Fire Department. He is a good Republican - American not so much.
From an article at www.forbes.com written by Rick Ungar: "According to
Laura Dresser, a labor economist at The Center On Wisconsin Strategy at The
University Of Wisconsin, Walker’s new numbers are little more than an
incredibly transparent effort to create a false reality just in time to mislead
Wisconsin voters who will cast their ballot in a few short weeks. Pointing out
just one of the flaws in the ‘new and improved’ Walker method of measuring job
growth, Dresser says, “It seems that they’re attributing employment growth in
other states to Wisconsin.”
let me respondto the last two comment's. Masterlock was comming back from China before Walker was governer. Shipping cost's is what's hurting a lot of companies shipping their goods here. Next , property tax did increase here by our local township's because of the money Walker cut from the school budget's. If Walker is re-slected the farmer's will pay the price in the future.
That is a line of bull$hit. Master Lock is a public held company.
Please go and read their company reports from the past 12 months.
Ed, promise me one thing. After this recall election....no matter how it turns out....please say this: "THE PEOPLE OF WISCONSIN HAVE SPOKEN" and leave it alone. Its obvious, the DNC don't like you meddling in its affairs across this land. Just say those words no matter how it turns out. If Walker is voted out...so be it....say those words............but if he is voted to stay in office...have the guts to say those words also and don't make lame excuses, blaming it on the DNC like you are lining things up to do now...according to your show last night. Lame excuses.
I can hear it now....well folks, Walker stays in office. Do you think this would have happened if the DNC would have given more money and supported him more?
Better not Ed. Live with what is going to happen.
If you do not like what he says and does - DO NOT WATCH.......
According to the bls.gov web site the unemployment rate went from 7.3% oct 2011 to 6.8% mar 2012.
That would indicate job growth under Walkers time in office....
it would indicate people gave up looking for work, just like the republiteas like to say about Obama, just sayin' mr. knowitall
The unemployment rate going down means people aer going back to work in the state of WI, go to bls.gov.
There you can see the increase in jobs...
But spin anyway you can to your best advantage, that is what you liberals do best.
Letter to the editor
ALEC helped pioneer some of the toughest sentencing laws on the books today, “truth in sentencing” laws. In 1995 alone, ALEC’s Truth in Sentencing Act was signed into law in twenty-five states. (Then State Rep. Scott Walker was an ALEC member when he sponsored Wisconsin’s truth-in-sentencing laws and, according to PR Watch, used its statistics to make the case for the law.) This forced Wisconsin to build new or rebuild 71 county jails 71 courthouses and dozens of prisons. This also forced Wisconsin to buy or lease several hundred halfway houses etc. This also forced Wisconsin into hiring some 30,000 plus public sector workers to work at these places. Every time Scott walker says he is for small government and talks about the budget. remember who caused the budget problems and huge government in Wisconsin. He is for small government like George Bush was. He hires millions in the name of Homeland security. Vote Conservative and for small government. Vote out Scott Walker. Can we afford his tax and waste ideals and huge government? If not for Walker and Alec Wisconsin would have tens of billions in surplus. We could get tax refunds again. Lets blame the real reason for budget problems. “Scott Walker”.
As we all know this ended liberty and justice for all in Wisconsin. It has made our justice systems get rich quick schemes. Sawyer County claims 1400 warrants on 16,000 people. That is a police state.
Jerry Person
The US attorney for Wisconsin is walkers long time pal. He will never prosicute walker for anything. He is known in Wisconsin as Walkers protection Racket. Walker has a list of federal crimes as the federal judge stated in his Milwaukee crime spree. the judge named walkers criminal acts in detail in january of 2011 in Milwaukee. Walker is protected by obama and all.
What is it about fiscal responsibility don,t liberals understand?
Liberals are trying but conservatives will never give. Why? a simple answer...from Day 1 McConnel, Boehner and the rest of the idiots have made a pact to make Pres Obama a 1-time president! Don't you get it ...where have you been? You are obviously deaf, blind and misinformed.....
If Teachers' Unions are the primary reason for Public Education's problems, why are our poorest schools in the South where Unions are illegal?
i live in california, i totally support the people of wisconsin to recall walker. don't give up even when the money is pouring in for walker. it is your state, your rights violated, stand up and vote walker out.
You live in a state that is going bankrupt.....
Guess that's okay with you?
I have said it before and I'll say it again, you're name says it all
I'll give a clue, it's Italian....
WIsconsin just continue to do as you been doing, the VOTE trumps a lot of Hot Wind and Smoke being blown by Critics, Remember they said the Petitions would be thrown out, or you would come up short of your goal, or some of the 14 would lose their seats because they left the State ( you gained Seats) to Hell with the Polls and the Naysayers, finish what you started, you've been doing fine!! they (TP/GOP) are staggered, hanging on the Ropes and trying to talk their way out of that Knockout Punch!