The
Capital Times has put together a new feature that
counts jobs created by the grand wizard of Wisconsin, Scott Walker. And this guy wants to be president, right?:
And going back two years, Wisconsin is No. 50 in percentage
change, with an actual decline of 15,900 jobs since January 2011. Rhode Island
and Maine are the only other two states to show a jobs decline over the past
two years. In Wisconsin, the latest data is showing the state with 2,728,900
total jobs at the end of December 2012 compared to 2,719,800 in December 2011 —
an increase of 9,100 positions or 0.33 percent.
But going back to when Walker took office in January 2011,
Wisconsin is actually down about 15,900 jobs — a decline of 0.58 percent, which
puts the state at No. 50 over that period. The state had 2,744,800 jobs in
January 2011. The numbers in the Cap Times database are from the BLS
"current employment survey" or CES, a monthly survey of about 3
percent of employers in a state.
You'd think all the people/corporations/peoplecorporations who've been throwing money as Scott for the last several years would think to create a few jobs before people start to notice that the Big Promise isn't being kept.
ReplyDeleteC'mon, the Koch Bros own businesses in WI... create a few jobs already!