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Related: About this forumScott Walker Magically Turns Dismal Wisconsin Job Numbers Into A Pre-Election Miracle
From Forbes.com:
With Wisconsin suffering the worst job loss numbers in the nation for the calendar year 2011, Governor Scott Walker promised yesterday that he will reveal newly revised numbers this week that will, effectively, change water into wine on the Wisconsin job front.
And hes done it just in time for the June 5th recall election.
So, just how is Walker about to turn Wisconsins dismal job numbers from lemons to lemonade?
The Governor has simply decided to ignore the system used by the Department of Labor and every other state in the nation to measure job growth (or loss) and elected instead to go with a different set of numbers that makes things in Wisconsin look better.
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Scott Walker Magically Turns Dismal Wisconsin Job Numbers Into A Pre-Election Miracle (Original Post)
WIProgressive88
May 2012
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demgrrrll
(3,590 posts)1. He is such a weasel.
Octavemando
(13 posts)2. That's an insult to Wheesels
I was raised in Green Bay, and cherish the common sense I came away with from growing up there...I even met Gov. Knowles when I was a boy... oust this man !!!!!
hue
(4,949 posts)3. From what I've seen the Repubs in WI believe Walkers commercials.