Despite all the liberal efforts to destroy the country and turn people into dependent hammock swinging freeloaders, they've inadvertently done just the opposite. Oh those hapless Democrats.
WSJ: The report released Monday by the Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance shows south-central Wisconsin tops the state in job gains from 2000 to 2012, while southeastern Wisconsin leads in total job losses. Dane County fueled the rise, with the addition of more than 65,000 residents and 31,000 jobs during the 13-year period. South-central Wisconsin’s population — identified as Dane, Columbia, Sauk, Iowa, Lafayette, Green and Rock counties — grew 11.7 percent from 2000 to 2012, nearly twice the state average of 6.3 percent, and employment rose 6.4 percent, the study shows.
Meanwhile, the 10-county southeast region, extending from Kenosha County to Sheboygan County, grew more slowly than the state, at 4.8 percent, and lost 5.7 percent of its jobs from 2000 to 2012. The figures deflate the common belief that some Milwaukee employers moved to the suburbs or nearby counties, said Dale Knapp, research director for the nonprofit, nonpartisan Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance. “We knew southeast Wisconsin wasn't doing great, but for it to be the worst-performing region in the state was a surprise,” he said.
Milwaukee County lost 60,000 jobs during the 13-year period, but neighboring Waukesha County, for example, gained only about 4,500 jobs, a 2.1 percent increase. “That, to me, is troubling,” Knapp said.
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