Walker's is a political stunt but when the dems used the previous numbers based on 3% returns as fodder, that wasn't.

I swear....Democrats are so stupid. The only way they can win is in some bizzaro world where real facts do not matter.

How about those jobs in Milwaukee Tom?
Yes lets change and spin the subject as this news makes you look like a liar. Can't debate the actual more accurate data so you have to call it a political stunt.

HA, what a strong leader you are. Shouldn't you be happy WI is creating jobs despite the 10+% UI in Milwaukee?

What is not to like about Scott Walker???

Oh, maybe just a few things like:

John Doe probe. Surrounding himself with felons. Failure on job creation. Stating that he waited to drop the bomb on Wisconsinites. Tossed around the idea of planting thugs along with the peaceful protesters. Slashing 1 billion from education. Secret email accounts and routers while County Executive. Defense fund for lawyers (by Wisconsin law you can only have a defense fund if you have been charged or are under investigation). Gave donors kid an $81,500 dollar a year job. FBI raid involving Walker Campaign Records. Gave $200 million in new loopholes and tax breaks to big corporations and the rich. Lied about Capitol cleanup costs after protests. Signed a voter ID bill aimed at preventing the poor, elderly and students from voting. Admitted to Congress that gutting collective bargaining saves Wisconsin no money. Requires that he has final approval on all administrative rules, thereby decreasing the power of the Legislature. Weakened Child Labor Laws which protect children from being forced to work longer hours even during the school year. Gave himself the duty to fill civil-service jobs that handle open records requests from the public. Halted wind farm projects in Wisconsin and stated that renewable energy is “feel good technology”. Boasts to Wisconsinites that they balanced the budget while telling the feds that we have a deficit.

If I had Walker's record as worst in the nation for creating jobs, I'd make up my own numbers too! Forbes ran a great article that shows exactly where all those jobs in Walker's new "report" come from. He's using the household surveys (used for gauging unemployment and the size of the workforce), and effectively assuming that if the respondant is "employed", that counts as a job. So why the big difference between the survey of workplace payrolls, used by the Dept. of Labor and EVERY OTHER STATE, compared to Walker's new imaginary numbers? Simple. The household survey doesn't ask WHERE the respondant is employed. So all of those workers who drive to their jobs in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Michigan, are now counted among WISCONSIN jobs.
Walker is effectively taking credit for the great job gains our neighbors have seen, which has forced more Wisconsinites to work outside of the state. But, facts being inconvenient for right-wingers as they are, I'm sure the same idiots who still support this moron will believe whatever baloney the guy lays out there.

Barrett-your done!

Even liberal economists are agreeing that the numbers released by the Work Force Development Dept. are the more accurate numbers for Wisconsin.

The state is on the right track under GOVERNOR SCOTT WALKER.

But economists Wednesday, including University of Wisconsin-Madison applied economics professor Andrew Reschovsky, said the quarterly figures are more accurate than the sample surveys Democrats have used to attack Walker’s handling of the economy.

“It suggests it isn’t as bad as it appears, and shows Wisconsin, reported to have the worst jobs record in the nation, is not that bad,” Reschovsky said.

While some earlier news reports claimed Reschovsky donated to Barrett’s campaign, the professor told Wisconsin Reporter he hasn’t given any money to Barrett’s cause, that his wife has.

Walker = Forward

Barrett = Backwards

Thank you Governor Walker!

Where did they sample these 3.5% of businesses, Milwaukee? I can't believe there wasn't a huge asterisk following that report, and that every article using it did not have the same asterisk. What a joke, 3.5% to calculate an entire states job numbers.

This is the same thing that was happening in the past. They report the number of job increases but not the number of job loses in the first place and companies that closed down. Go Figure! Political Stunt and I would not believe anything from JS Online. They only report what they want to.

Breaking news! State lost 6,200 private sector jobs in April. Walker jumped the gun again. http://www.jsonline.com/business/state-loses-6200-private-sector-jobs-in-april-p15f4dp-151909605.html

The most recent numbers I saw (from U.S. Dept. of Labor Statistics) indicated 23,900 jobs lost, March 2011 to March 2012. 23,900 lost, 23,300 gained. Net result, -600. According to PJS' link, 6,200 jobs lost in April, 500 gained. Net result, -5,700. Total tally, March '11 through April '12: 23,800 jobs gained, 30,100 lost. Net result, -6,300.

We all expect b.s. from politicians. But to claim as part of your campaign platform that you will create 250,000 new jobs in your first term, in the midst of one of the most serious recessions in U.S. history, was the height of duplicity or stupidity, in my opinion. The reason Walker's feet are being held to the fire on this issue is because he made this claim.

A reasonable candidate would have said, "If elected, I'm going to make creating jobs a priority." If Walker didn't know his goal was logically and statistically unattainable under current circumstances, the ones manipulating his strings did.

We get what we vote for, to paraphrase the old saying. In November 2010 52% of voters handed the most important job in the state to an disingenuous, opportunistic, special interest puppet who lacked the intellectual heft and educational background to do the job he aspired to. We can fix this. We need about 125,000 people to change their minds, and the people whose instincts were dead on about Walker to stand firm. We'll see what happens next month.

Walker jobs were from the huge stats of 95 % of wisconsin biz.
Barretts references a job loss based on a 3to 4% sample.
Clearly , any statistician, economist , monkey or insect could figure out which are more accurate. Unfortunately, Liberals don't do common sense.

How could anyone ever believe anything that comes out of Walkers mouth. Looks like he jumped the gun. Now there is a new numbers report. Nice try Snotty Scottie !

Every State still continues to lose jobs - due to Politicians failure to reign in spending and inability to deal with the consequences of Peak Oil and continued high energy prices. Pensions have been promised that will, ultimately NEVER be paid. Social Security and Medicare are inter-generational wealth transfer schemes that MUST be repudiated in economic self-defense by the younger generation - sorry Baby Boomers - it looks like if you have major medical problems - hope we can provide you with a one shot cure....

Governor Walker has made a great start to bringing Wisconsin to 21st. C economic reality. After he gets re-elected the work in earnest must begin towards eliminating public employee unions and reducing their wages and benefits.

Meanwhile in California:

"California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) on Monday asked state employees to work a four-day, 38-hour week as part of a package of massive spending cuts needed to help the state close an unexpected $15.7 billion budget deficit.

In addition to the unusual four-day workweek — part of a mandated reduction in salaries and benefits to state workers of 5 percent — Brown's proposed budget, which would take effect July 1, also would slash $1.2 billion from the state's Medi-Cal program and more than $2 billion from education."

http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/14/11697542-california-governor-calls-for-higher-taxes-4-day-state-workweek-to-fill-16-billion-gap?lite

Watch for the mad rush to the exits - led by the Baby Boomers, when California becomes the FIRST to institute "Death Boards" and rations medical care....

We'll have to put a fence up to keep 'em out....

Hey Hunters ---looky here!

....If Kroll gets his way, public land hunters will get the shaft. The deer herd no longer would be managed as a public resource, but as the private property of wealthy landowners. Wisconsin will become like Europe, where hunting is the privilege of the wealthy.

Kroll’s view fit in nicely with those of DNR secretary Cathy Stepp, a Walker appointee who already has suggested that public lands be sold.

What this means for hunters is that the management of the state’s deer herd could be sold or contracted to management corporations like Johnson Timber, who already owns Summit Lake Game Farm on the southern edge of the Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation, and vast tracts of timber land. Joe Hunter would have to buy his hunting tag (and perhaps make a bid on it) from a private game management firm for his deer, grouse, turkey, wolf, berry picking permits, etc.—in a monetized way—in order to exact the highest commercial value. The Game Management Unit, which encompasses timber company and other private, county and state park lands, would profit. They would also have their own Game Managers police force issue your license. In this way, the State would reap the benefits by taxing the net Income after expenses and be out of the business of managing the fish, deer, and other resource gathering rights.....

http://wcmcoop.com/members/walker-to-deer-hunters-pay-up-or-get-lost/

I believe employment could be up. I just saw one of my son's favorite but then laid off teachers working at the drive-up window at Burger King. And the Dells has seasonal jobs starting soon. Lots of day laborer employment goes unreported. Yard work is now available in almost every neighborhood. Cheap labor will now attract transient and opportunistic employers.

It is the season of plenty.

YES, WALKER --FORWARD ALL THE WAY!!!!!!!

and

BARRETT BACKWARDS ALL THE WAY OUT OF THIS CITY--- Maybe he can get a job in Washington with the others where they also get NOTHING DONE!!!!
Dorothy