Walker Promises To Cut 4,000 State Jobs

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MADISON, Wis. -- Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Walker said he'll eliminate 4,000 vacant state positions in his first budget.

Walker said in a statement the move would save the state $284 million annually -- even though the state is already saving the money because the positions are empty.

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Just how stupid is Scott Walker?!

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1. how stupid does he think WE are? sheesh. eom

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2. Claim: Walker plans to add 250,000 jobs during his first term as governor.

Reality: Interesting, because the county’s unemployment rate has increased while Walker’s been in office. This promise means reducing the state’s unemployment rate to virtually zero. Walker offers no details on how he’d create jobs beyond cutting taxes and improving education, and it’s hard to improve education with less revenues.

As county executive, Walker has cut 20% of the county’s workforce. Many of those jobs have vanished, while others were outsourced to private companies based out of state, such as the multinational corporation Wackenhut/G4S, which took over some of the county’s security services.

Then there’s last week’s Bucyrus International dust-up, which has now been resolved. Bucyrus CEO Tim Sullivan, a political conservative, commended the Obama administration, Sen. Herb Kohl, Gov. Jim Doyle and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett for engaging in an “all-nighter” to resolve the dispute between the South Milwaukee manufacturer and the Export-Import Bank. And how did Walker handle the threat to a major corporation within Milwaukee County? By taking out a full-page ad in a Racine paper to whine about the situation on the day Obama visited that city.http://www.expressmilwaukee.com/article-11501-fact-checking-scott-walker.html