Walker Creates Jobs, but Not in Wisconsin

[marmar]

via MassTransitMag:




Walker Creates Jobs, but Not in Wisconsin


By John Nichols
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, Wisconsin)


Wisconsin Gov.-elect Scott Walker promised to get to work right away on job creation.

And he has kept that promise.

Unfortunately, his first initiative is more likely to create jobs in states other than Wisconsin.

Rejecting the visionary approach of Republican leaders such as former Gov. Tommy Thompson, who for years argued that Wisconsin needed to be on the cutting edge of high-speed rail development, Walker has told the federal government that he does not want the state to be part of the emerging national passenger rail network.

Walker is so anti-rail that he is refusing the $810 million allocated by federal officials to create the line that would link Chicago and the Twin Cities with stops in Milwaukee, Madison and other Wisconsin communities. ...........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.masstransitmag.com/online/article.jsp?siteSection=3&id=12977

[mediaman007]

1. Here's a guy that's serious about the deficit!

How would he respond to an attack on Pearl Harbor? There wasn't enough money in the bank then either. Oh, that's right, the wealthy paid a 90% tax after the war. (And the country prospered!)

[MrsCorleone]

2. My heart goes out to all the fine folks in WI. Governor Walker is going to be

a nightmare unless residents make the conservative voters see what they voted for. Maybe pressure on Governor Teabag will force him to do the right thing.