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Unfortunately, Gov. Walker still has the nation’s worst jobs record
According to the federal state-by-state data that everybody trusts and uses, Wisconsin is unfortunately dead last by far in job creation under Gov. Walker. No partisan political press release from the Walker Administration can change that.
Wisconsin has lost 21,400 total jobs in the past year of Gov. Walker’s failed leadership
These dismal jobs numbers make it clear why Gov. Walker and his partisan political cronies pushed their own unique, uncomparable jobs data three weeks before an election.
Gov. Walker releases unreviewed data in desperate attempt to obfuscate his poor jobs record
By releasing this data – which will not be reviewed until June 28 – Gov. Walker’s partisan political cronies are clearly trying to artificially improve the governor’s worst-in-the-nation jobs performance.

Rep. Peter Barca - Eliminate distractions, focus on jobs
These non-jobs bills cloud our ability to focus like a laser on putting people back to work. When it comes to helping Wisconsin’s struggling families, we can’t afford distractions.
Democrats, consumer groups criticize special session bills
Meanwhile, Democratic Assembly leader Peter Barca says some of Walker’s economic bills won’t create new jobs.
Dems cool to Walker jobs session
We join with him, as we did in the previous special session, in advancing bills that accomplish that goal... What we do not want though, is a special session to rush bills that are just payoffs to special interests.

Under Gov. Walker, Wisconsin seeing red
New LFB projections show $143 million state budget shortfall

MADISON – Assembly Democratic Leader Peter Barca (D-Kenosha) issued the following statement regarding projections released today by the non-partisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau showing Wisconsin will end the 2011-2013 biennium with a $143.2 million budget deficit:

“This news illustrates how Gov. Walker’s irresponsible budgeting and lack of serious focus on jobs and the economy have left Wisconsin fiscally unsound and caused us to fall farther behind on the road to economic recovery.

“The evidence is clear – Gov. Walker’s economic plan is not working. Massive giveaways to large corporations and wealthy special interests, extreme policies that have harmed Wisconsin working families and six straight months of job losses have all added up to the poor budget projections we see today. When people are not working and not spending because of Republican priorities, the state is going to see a drop in revenues.

“No matter how the governor tries to spin this, a negative budget balance that requires repair is not a positive outcome for Wisconsin.”

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