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Gov. Walker: Job Gains Continue

Scott Walker: Wisconsin created more than 37,000 private sector jobs from March 2011 to March 2012, including a gain of 12,138 jobs in the manufacturing sector.

The state partnered 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.  To download an mp3 file, you can right click the radio address link and click “save link as.”

Thursday, Gov. Scott Walker delivered the weekly radio address titled Job Gains Continue.

Hi, this is Scott Walker.

This week the federal government verified the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages for the first quarter of 2012.  It showed Wisconsin created more than 37,000 private sector jobs from March 2011 to March 2012, including a gain of 12,138 jobs in the manufacturing sector. 

Wisconsin’s continued private sector job growth is good news.  I am particularly pleased with the gains in the manufacturing sector, which makes up a huge portion of our state’s economy.

The quarterly job count data shows, yet again, the monthly job estimates are not accurate.  I am hopeful that the state Department of Workforce Development will be able to work with the federal government to bring the monthly estimates back in line with the actual job numbers. 

The fiscal reforms we put in place coupled with reforms like reducing frivolous lawsuits and bringing certainty and accountability to state regulations, have established a strong foundation for job growth.

Moving forward, we will continue to find ways to make it easier for the people of our state to put Wisconsinites back to work.

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Randy1949 October 6, 2012 at 10:38 pm
At last -- some job figures the GOP won't question.
Lyle Ruble October 6, 2012 at 10:47 pm
@Richard Head...I don't think I would be to quick to agree with the conclusion. Most of the research has been done with frontostriatal connectivity with regards to ADHD. This is the first study, I am aware of, done on reverse reverse frontostriatal connectivity. There may be other explanations that would explain why women have other mechanisms to control impulse and emotive responses. The study this is related to is a rather small sample and will need to be replicated many times before such conclusions are valid.
Bren October 6, 2012 at 11:01 pm
Mr. Hoffa, oak creek-am I incorrect in suggesting that Gov. Walker may not meet his goal of 250,000 new jobs by the end of his current term based on current trends? Am I incorrect in pointing out that much of Gov. Walker's time is spent promoting his ALEC-penned "bold initiatives" around the country, and now doing campaign work for the GOP? Am I incorrect in pointing out that Mr. Walker left Milwaukee County with budget and legal problems ($55 million deficit, millions spent in back-pay for illegally fired and furloughed county workers, contract errors, etc.). I'm not incorrect. If Walker were a Democrat would the two of you be so accepting?
Richard, you've copied-and-pasted this same post elsewhere on patch, why? There are several questions based on your post, primarily why you believe this data is relevant to Scott Walker's taking credit for an abysmal job creation record (based on his own campaign promise). If you have a better link to the research please present it as the data tables do not open and I'm not a SciVerse subscriber. The connectivity studies I have read relate to memory retention primarily, so this is potentially interesting. Thanks, Nuitari, always a pleasure. ; )
Always Watching 262 October 6, 2012 at 11:19 pm
Walker - best thing since sliced bread. Oh wait, I'm a baker...
James R Hoffa October 7, 2012 at 12:21 am
@Randy1949 -
Hoffa admits - that was a good one ;-)
Keith Best October 7, 2012 at 01:52 am
Jobs will skyocket in Wisconsin, and across the entire country when Obama is removed.
Obama/ Biden is the disease...Romney / Ryan are the cure.
The Anti-Alinsky October 7, 2012 at 03:09 am
Actually Bren, the math works out to about 6 1/2 years. Again, you Liberals and your fuzzy math.
And yes, you are incorrect with all the ALEC bashing.
Annie Nominous October 7, 2012 at 06:52 am
Scott Walker, Paul Ryan, Reince Priebus, Ron Johnson, along with many others in Wisconsin, have not held back in expressing their conservative principles and have prospered because of this.
Richard Head October 7, 2012 at 09:20 am
It's not for government to create jobs!!!
Government isn't supposed to be in business!! Government creates and administers a fair playing filed for all and provides the infrastructure, via taxation, to make it all possible. Governor Walker miscalculated and didn't go far enough. The public sector needs to be union-free, taxes dropped 50% or more, retirement age pushed to 65, pay and benefits slashed, and cronyism ended.
Richard Head October 7, 2012 at 09:25 am
Bren - the post is relevant because it explains your liberal views and why truth and logic don't work on you. People on this board are always arguing facts and logic with you - and get nowhere - and this post explains why.
This is only the second time I posted it - NOT several. Hoffa's post is perfect for you! HATER! (oooh, correction) LIBERAL HATER!
Michael McClusky October 7, 2012 at 10:05 am
@Keith Best Jobs will sky rocket when median household income goes up. The stronger the demand, the more jobs there will be. The ball is in the private sector's court, not the politicians'.
Mike October 7, 2012 at 11:18 am
Bren complains about Gov Walker taking continuous road trips. Much of the road trips can be attributed directly and indirectly to the lefts failed recall attempt. While you're being critical of Walker and his road trips let's hear your biased opinion of the President and his constant campaigning since his election more than three years ago. HIs whole term has been constant campaining. I have never seen anything like it!.
Randy1949 October 7, 2012 at 03:26 pm
@Richard Head -- You seriously want a 64 year old firefighter carrying you out of a burning building?
Bren October 7, 2012 at 04:27 pm
Anti, please explain your analysis in terms of national trends and projected state job growth during the rest of Walker's term? Because I'm not seeing it.
Richard, I confirm that this was a simple re-hash of your initial post, I recalled it several times because I revisited that thread more than once, apologies. However, in attempting to re-direct your post now at me you have made several fundamentally incorrect assumptions. Based simply on the material you presented, I agree with Mr. Ruble about the isolation of the test results. I'd also like to analyze the tables of data that I can't access through your link, please share. And actually, I'm a moderate independent. These days, guys like Dick Nixon, who started the EPA, and Ronald Reagan, who raised some taxes, look more blue than red. Interesting.
Bren October 7, 2012 at 04:32 pm
They have, perhaps. But what about the people who lost their access to Badgercare, or lost jobs and wages because of budget cuts in the public sector/education? Or the kids whose educational opportunities have been diminished because of those budget cuts, the results our community will suffer from for a generation? Or every one of us, who are going to have to help pay off the extra $20 million in interest that Scott Walker's pre-recall debt restructuring gave us? I'm frankly more concerned about life for the average Wisconsinite than I am about Ron Johnson, for example. His wealthy wife will make sure he's always got a clean shirt and three meals a day.
Steve ® October 7, 2012 at 04:33 pm
If he is too stupid to move into an office or administration type position natural selection will weed him out far before the age of 64.
Steve ® October 7, 2012 at 04:34 pm
Good thing we have that job creating mine up north libs. Wait. Minnesota just started up a new one sorry carry on I was confused.
Bren October 7, 2012 at 04:35 pm
Mike, last week Scott Walker was in New Hampshire to keynote that state's GOP convention. There was the cross-country victory lap after the recall, and some other trips in between. So that's not quite true. If you were expecting him to settle down and do his job after the recall I'm afraid you will be disappointed. Haven't you figured out that he's not exactly a legal, number-cruncher, analysis-type of guy.
Bren October 7, 2012 at 04:39 pm
Steve, I think we could have had our very own mine if we brought all involved parties together, shared soil sample analysis, and didn't introduce legislation that attempted to redefine scientific terminology.
As it was, the entire mine leadership team was from out of state. From what I was able to learn, the so-called permanent jobs were the dangerous ones, and there was no guarantee that all of those jobs would go to Wisconsin workers who probably didn't have that type of experience.
The Anti-Alinsky October 7, 2012 at 04:43 pm
Bren, your quote was: "Right on track for creating 250,000 new jobs by the end of your first term if your first term ends 50-60 years from now. "
Implying that at 37,000 jobs per year it would take 50 to 60 years to create 250,000. But simply math (250,000 jobs divided by 37,000 jobs/year) brings your wild estimate to 6 years and 9 months. Of course, that doesn't factor in the improved business environment Governor Walker and the Republican's are creating. Sure beats the bad old days when Diamond Jim Doyle was running businesses out of the state by raising taxes and buying choo-choo trains.
Steve ® October 7, 2012 at 05:04 pm
Bren. I have schooled you on this mine in the pAst. You had zero support for it and would find any excuse to dismiss its positive economic impact. You have zero experience in the mining industry yet use products daily that are mined from planet earth.
These lost jobs are because far left libs like yourself are clueless and hypocrites. The loss of this mine was political, not environmental.
Mike October 7, 2012 at 09:35 pm
Remember, Bren knows all.
Lyle Ruble October 7, 2012 at 10:45 pm
@Steve...I know about mining and the evidence and your position from before just didn't cut it. There's no reason to short circuit the process, especially on a fifty year mine.
The Anti-Alinsky October 8, 2012 at 12:19 am
Yes, that's so terrible Bren. Governor Walker has shown that you CAN make a change without destroying the state, that you can balance the budget without destroying education, and that you can make state government responsible again.
Is it any wonder that people want to hear how he was successful?
Steve ® October 8, 2012 at 04:14 pm
And what evidence would that be? What experience does Bren have to defend your position all knowing expert Ruble?
You may be surprised at how much Steve® knows about drilling holes.
john the truth seeker October 8, 2012 at 04:54 pm
How can you call him a hater looks to me like he is the only one telling the truth, after all the worst Governor in wisconsin history did say in 4 years he would create 250.000 new jobs in 2 years so he has 2 more years to create 213.000 more
john the truth seeker October 8, 2012 at 04:56 pm
well that won't happen for 4 more years
Merry Ziefle October 11, 2012 at 03:07 pm
its hard to take some of these comments seriously, what with the juvenile tone to them.
Dirk Gutzmiller November 2, 2012 at 05:35 pm
What is the bragodoccio Walker going on about now? Seems Wisconsin is being swept up in the rise in number of jobs nationally. All Walker has to do is sit back so he does not screw things up and let the Obama job tide raise Walker's dinghy out of the mud flats..
Dorothy December 8, 2012 at 08:37 pm
Great comment Keith! I agree with you all the way!! Get that OBAMA OUT AND SEND HIM TO CHICAGO!!
Dorothy
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