The Fable of Governor Scott Walker’s Job Creation

This is a nicely done video from the citizen journalists at WI Voices which counters Walker’s disinformation campaign on jobs. As so many of us remember, he was elected with the promise tall tale that he’d deliver 250,000 jobs.

Assuming we got those 250,000 jobs, we’d be at 0% unemployment, making that both a tall tale and a tall order. The lowest recorded unemployment rate in recent Wisconsin history is 2.4 percent in 1999.

Celeste Koeberl of Hudson, Wisconsin speaks to the camera from a protest. She explains that while Walker crowed about 150 jobs gained in her neck of the woods, the bigger pictures reveals Wisconsin experienced its 5th straight month of job loss in November.

Roll that film:

For more on jobs in Wisconsin try these blue cheddar selections:
Walker, Fitzgerald Attempt Smokescreens While Recall Succeeds and Job Creation Fails

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