Wisconsin: Republicans Celebrate Governor Doyle's Job Numbers [View all]

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http://cognidissidence.blogspot.com/2013/05/republicans-celebrate-governor-doyles.html

On Thursday, Scott Walker and the Republicans and the corporate media were celebrating the job numbers that came out:

Wisconsin gained 62,072 private-sector jobs between December 2010 and December 2012, the state Department of Workforce Development said Thursday. The count, based on a set of employment data considered to be the most reliable, had Republicans applauding the performance of Gov. Scott Walker.

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To understand what I am getting at, look at the first half of the first sentence I cited above: "Wisconsin gained 62,072 private-sector jobs between December 2010 and December 2012..." Walker wasn't even sworn into office until January 2011, so already they are using a month of data from the Doyle era.

Secondly, look at the actual job numbers for all of 2011:



As the gentle reader can plainly see, job growth was indeed growing at a healthy clip during the first six months of Walker's term. But this was all before Walker's policies and budget were in place or had a chance to take effect. The job growth during the time that Doyle's budget and policies were still in effect is around 30,000 jobs - about half of the total Walker is claiming to have created.