Walker Blames Sluggish Wisconsin Job Growth On 2011 Union Protests

[DonViejo]

Source: TPM

IGOR BOBIC 4:20 PM EDT, FRIDAY MARCH 29, 2013

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) on Friday blamed the state's sluggish job growth on "uncertainty" due to the mass-union protests triggered when his administration essentially ended collective bargaining for most public employees in 2011.

"The first year we had a lot of protests in the state," Walker said, according to the Journal Sentinel. "We had two years', almost, worth of recalls. A lot of employers here I think can relate to the fact (that) uncertainty is one of the biggest challenges for employers big or small or anywhere in between. There was a lot of uncertainty. The good news is that's passed."

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[sakabatou]

1. Fuck you, Walker.

Sluggish growth was due to your policies.

[YoungDemCA]

2. "uncertainty" God I hate that word

Also, for a party that talks about "personal responsibility", they sure blame others for Republican failures a lot.

[Angry Dragon]

3. Dictator Walker is a massive idiot

and should be run out of this country


If the job creators are so afraid then they should get out of the business

[onehandle]

4. Lying asshat. nt

[DallasNE]

5. Walker Severly Mischaracterizes The Uncertainty

The uncertainty was thrust upon the workers fired by Walker and not knowing how they were going to be able to make the house payment. The cause was Walkers own actions, including Polaris moving their manufacturing plant from Wisconsin to Mexico -- and that happened even before Walker started firing people. Walker took a lot of aggregate demand out of the Wisconsin economy and now he wants to blame the unions for not playing dead. Yeah, right. What is happening in Wisconsin today with the economy was predicted and the reason was obvious.

[City Lights]

6. He is such a pathetic man.

Nothing is ever his fault. Typical whiny republican.

[Unknown Beatle]

7. That's just it.

When something goes wrong, even if it's your fault, blame it on the other guy. When something goes right, take the credit even if it's the other guy that deserves the credit.

[Scuba]

8. So he admits it's his own fault? That seems unlikely.

[marble falls]

9. I blame Walker's sluggish intellect.

[jonthebru]

10. The really bizarre thing is

many of his "supporters" will simply believe him and repeat it all around their community.

[warrior1]

11. he's a jerk

[ForgoTheConsequence]

12. "Party of personal responsibility"

Losers.

[postulater]

13. Hey Scott, Whatever happened to "We Built This" ?

He's an idiot.

[PatrynXX]

14. Well sure when you break the law...

Nobody knows who's law to follow..


He still broke the law. Normally such action would be an impeachable offense but there's no checks and balances there.

[magic59]

15. Both Wisconsin & Michigan are turning into the banana republics of the midwest

Northern MI is know as the meth capitol of the world. That is what you get when you vote a fascist government into office.

[Omaha Steve]

16. We puts millions of $ in hotels, motel, gas stations, plane and bus tickets, porta potty business...

And this is the thanks we get?

[unionthug777]

17. sorry

i guess it is my fault. i was there marching against that worthless piece of worm shit...and i'm a proud union member....

[madrchsod]

18. what about that rail money?

by now wisconsin would be finishing up the studies and getting ready for letting contracts and land purchase.

oh well illinois got those funds so thanks scotty for helping out northern il!

[emmadoggy]

19. I hate that POS.

In fact, POS is too nice a term for him.

[booley]

20. Personal responsibility

As in Someone else is responsible.

Walker started the whole Union fight. Yet somehow fighting back was the problem.

Uh-huh.

[Teamster Jeff]

21. Typical GOP scumbag

I hope that corporate tool tries to run for president

[elzenmahn]

22. The only thing that will be "passed", Mr. Walker...

...will be YOU out of Wisconsin's COLON, come the next election.

[Jimbo S]

23. Weak excuse

I can understand businesses playing close to the vest with Act 10 and HCA still in doubt, but that was decided last year.

Jobs are created via consumer demand. If the demand for goods and services had always been there, hiring should have taken off after the June re-calls. But it hasn't, which leads me to conclude reducing the paychecks of hundreds of thousands has contracted the Wisconsin economy.

When Walker was inaugurated, the US UE was 9.0% and WI UE 7.4%.
Now it's 7.7% and 7.2%, respectively. The gap is narrowing.

I'm out of work and looking. If I don't find anything in the Milwaukee market in the next couple of months, I may have to shift my focus out of state (Chicagoland).