Recall Scott Walker: The Talking Points

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These "talking points" were sent by the Democratic Party of Wisconsin. It's a good "starter set", but Walker's offenses are many and varied, and this list just scratches the surface.


WHY RECALL SCOTT WALKER?

SCOTT WALKER IS NOT ON THE SIDE OF WORKING FAMILIES. He is making massive cuts to education
and health care so he can pay for tax cuts to big corporations that ship Wisconsin jobs overseas and
drive wages and benefits down for everyone. For example:

• Under Scott Walker, unemployment has risen from 7.4% to 7.9%.

• Wisconsin has lost not just public-sector jobs, but also private-sector jobs under Scott Walker’s failed
policies. Wisconsin has lost private-sector jobs every single month since his budget was passed – and there
are 7,000 more job seekers than there were at this time last year.

• Wisconsin leads the nation in cuts to education, averaging $635 less per pupil-even while corporations get
big tax breaks. 7 out of 10 students are attending a district with fewer teachers, 40% of our schools have
larger class sizes and over 60% of our school districts say they will have to make more drastic cuts in the
future.

• Poverty has increased under Scott Walker, while median household income has gone down

• Walker’s budget cut $1.6 billion from education and affected 97% of school districts THIS year.

• Meanwhile, Scott Walker is taking a $7,000 pay raise next year

SCOTT WALKER WAS DISHONEST WITH THE PEOPLE OF WISCONSIN. Never once did he mention during
his campaign for governor that he would take the radical step of ending collective bargaining for state
workers. He's also made it clear that he'll continue to be dishonest with the people – for
example, Walker was taped bragging that he would lie to elected legislators about compromise to get
his way.

SCOTT WALKER IS ONLY INTERESTED IN POWER. Scott Walker deceived the public by telling them his
radical policies were about balancing the budget-they REALLY were about hurting his political
opponents and consolidating power for himself. For example:

• Walker's first fake "jobs session" granted unilateral authority to an un-elected bureaucrat
hand-picked by Walker to make health care decisions that impact thousands of state residents
without a vote of the legislature and slashed health care for thousands of Wisconsinites by
cutting the FamilyCare program and eliminating the family planning program, which provides
potentially life-saving screening for uninsured men and women.

• Walker’s budget turned dozens of civil service jobs into political appointments, bypassing the
competitive hiring process. This meant an $81,000-per-year job for the unqualified son of a
political donor.

RECALL IS THE RIGHT TOOL TO STOP SCOTT WALKER. Recalls are rare for a reason, but are effective
tools when elected officials make clear by their words and actions, as Scott Walker has done, that they
will not act accountably to the people they’re supposed to represent. In fact, Scott Walker himself was
first elected Milwaukee County executive during a recall election.
For those who claim that Wisconsin can't afford the recall, consider how little Wisconsin can afford Scott
Walker:

• The Legislative Fiscal Bureau projects that Scott Walker’s tax giveaways will cost Wisconsin more than $2.3
billion in lost revenue over the next ten years. Most of these losses are a result of changes in Capital Gains
and Combined Reporting – which benefit the highest wage earners and largest corporations in Wisconsin
at the expense of working families.

• What’s more, the LFB notes that Walker’s budget will leave future state budgets with a higher than
average percentage of debt service as a result of delaying debt payments. Walker is “kicking the can down
the road” by adding debt to future budgets.

********For more info please visit: http://www.wisdems.org/RecallHQ/WalkerFailures *********

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1. He's like a raging cancer trying to kill Wisconsin

He needs to go, and I totally believe Wisconsin will evict him in a couple of months.