Here is a transcript of Gov. Scott Walker's weekly radio address, which aired on Wednesday.
Hi, this is Scott Walker.
This year, Tonette and I are glad to have our oldest son, Matt, home to join with our other son, Alex, and our parents as we enjoy the blessings of our family on Thanksgiving Day. We are so very thankful for our family and friends.
It is also a time to again say thank you to the many people in our state who volunteer to help others in our schools, at senior and community centers, in places of worship and so many other locations across Wisconsin. And a special thanks to those who went east to help recover from Hurricane Sandy.
Finally, we say thank you to all of our men and women who proudly serve in the military. To them, their families and our veterans; we say a very special thank you!
From our family to yours, we hope you have a safe and peaceful Thanksgiving.
The state partners with the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association to produce and distribute brief radio address once a week. Audio files and a written transcript of this radio address can be accessed on http://www.wi-broadcasters.org and http://walker.wi.gov/Weekly-Radio-Addresses.
What you have is a few zealous individuals trying to promote themselves by any means possible. The guilty ones have been caught and will be punished. You are just hoping, unrealistically, that this goes much further. It's been two years and counting. If anyone else was involved we would have heard about it by now!
BTW, when the dust settles, and Governor Walker is NOT indicted, will you go on a rampage and claim corruption in John Chisolm's office?
Happy Thanksgiving! Please allow me to pour you a glass of SHUT THE HELL UP.
http://www.newiprogressive.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=537:scott-walkers-rhetoric-versus-reality&catid=38:the-state-news&Itemid=56
Wasn't that six months of job loss nonsense shot to hell a looooooong time ago?
A few facts in your statement, but a whole lotta glaring errors. 1) Yes the budget was a little larger than the previous one, but he had to pay back $200 million Diamond Jim Doyle raided from the patients compensation fund, and over $300 million from transportation. 2) Governor Walker cut 900 million from education, not 2.2 billion. AND, unlike the 300 million Diamond Jim Doyle cut from the previous budget, Governor Walker gave tools to local entities to help balance their budgets. 3) The NewProgressive doesn't count as "a link with truth to it."
Thanks -Stevie Janowski
"Therefore, in total, since May 2011, the state has issued additional debt to restructure, or make the principal payments on, approximately $558.3 million in GPR (general purpose revenue) supported principal that would have otherwise been paid off in 2010-11 and 2011-12." In other words, since we didn't have the money to pay off money that Diamond Jim Doyle borrowed to balance HIS budgets, we had to refinance. Why do you think Diamond Jim didn't run again? How do you think Tom Barrett would have handled THAT fiscal cliff? As it was, Governor Walker was already paying down the $200 million Diamond Jim raided from the patients compensation fund AND the $300 million he raided from the transportation fund. Both of these were segregated funds and could only be used for the purposes they were set up for. As to the rest of your allegation, this link to the Post-Cresent pretty much puts it to rest. http://www.postcrescent.com/viewart/20110301/APC0101/110301150/Highlights-Wisconsin-Gov-Scott-Walker-s-two-year-budget I am thinking of putting you in the propagandist category with Bren and Johnny Wilson.
They were effective though. They only lost 8 House seats, 2 Senate seats (3 if you count Maine) and oh yeah the Presidency...again...
BTW, any spin on why lefty radio in Madison is unable to survive? Gee, I so miss that liberal protector of all things Obama, Sly.
" FNC recorded highs for daytime programming, including “The Five,” “America Live with Megyn Kelly,” “America’s Newsroom” and “Happening Now.” Additionally, the network’s long-running shows “Fox & Friends,” “Studio B with Shepard Smith” and “Your World with Neil Cavuto” all had their highest total viewers since September 2005. One bright spot for MSNBC was the strong showing for “The Rachel Maddow Show,” particularly in the key 25-54 demo. Maddow’s show was the lone standout in the top 10 for either MSNBC or CNN"
http://m.jsonline.com/blogs/purple-wisconsin/172369071.html http://m.jsonline.com/147942785.htm Cross posted from jsonline...see reporter and source before arguing against... http://www.veteransnewsnow.com/2012/01/05/veterans-funds-stolen-by-scott-walker-cronies-in-growing-scandal/ And this speaks to our Governor's open government promise and proper use of money: http://news.wpr.org/post/walker-defends-wedc-against-hud-letter
Paul, yes I did answer your question. We had to pay back funds raided by Diamond Jim Doyle. Paul also wrote: "You can find that info on the states website to do comparisons. Also as you remember we did not have a real deficit issue when June 30th came in 2011." That is because Governor Walker and the Republican Legislature presented a balanced budget WITH NO STRUCTURAL DEFICIT. Paul also wrote: "But, we did have a larger deficit and growing according to that PDF letter from the DOA sent to the Feds. So as Walker continues to grow our deficit where is the savings?" You should have read that letter a little more carefully. The balanced budget that Governor Walker eventually signed had no STRUCTURAL deficit. You seem to be confusing debt with deficit, so let me explain briefly. A deficit is when you spend more money in a budget year than you bring in. Debt, is the accumulation of yearly deficits. As we have done for the past several years, Governor Walker had to ignore some Generally Accepted Accounting Prinicples (GAAP) in order to balance the budget. GAAP is a goal he is working for, but eliminating the 316 BILLION structural debt was a great start.
I wouldn't consider a website that has as it's tagline "Scott Walker Watch|Keeping an Eye on This Radical Extremist" as either unbiased or credible. Yes, it is a source, but not a reliable one.
"As indicated below, this letter is to certify that Wisconsin WOULD have a budget deficit, based on generally accepted accounting principles, during state fiscal years 2012 and 2013 IF the maintenance of effort requirements under section 1902 (gg) applied in Wisconsin with respect to nonpregnant, nondisabled adults eligible for Medicaid under the State Plan, AND whose income exceeds 133 percent ot the poverty line applicabe to a family of the size involved." (emphasis added) In other words, implementing B.O.Care would put an undue burden on Wisconsin this year and next year if we don't get the exception.