Walker Statement Blaiming Citizens for Wisconsin's Jobs Failure Should Be Challenged

Scott Walker blames Wisconsin citizens opposing him
as cause of job losses and Wisconsin's economic downturn

Scott Walker has made many outrageous statements while serving as governor of Wisconsin.

One statement perfectly symbolizes the bizarre and troubling politics of Walker, about whom John Dean wrote: Walker is a "vengeful, pitiless, exploitative, manipulative, and dishonest ... conservative without a conscience."

Scott Walker on March 28, 2013 said citizens' protesting his policies caused Wisconsin to fall to 44th in the nation in job losses. Blameless are Walker's extremist, anti-working families' policies that he touts before his visit to Iowa this week, (and that has observers predicting a Walker presidential run).

"The first year we had a lot of protests in the state," Walker said, during an appearance in Milwaukee to promote business growth in the city. "We had two years', almost, worth of recalls. A lot of employers here I think can relate to the fact (that) uncertainty is one of the biggest challenges for employers big or small or anywhere in between. There was a lot of uncertainty. The good news is that's passed." (Gilbert and Romell. March 28, 2013; Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)

The Walker assertion that working families opposing Walker are the cause of Walker's failing on his 250,000 new jobs pledge didn't draw the criticism that this anti-American sentiment warranted.

But the desperation behind the statement is obvious.

As of May 2013, Wisconsin has seen only 36,300 new jobs, or just 14  percent of Walker's unqualified promise of 250,000 new jobs.

These dismal jobs numbers will not be cited when Walker speaks to the Polk County, Iowa GOP fundraising dinner in Des Moines on May 23rd (Thursday).

Walker's idea that citizens—voting their preference at the polls and petitioning their elected representatives when politicians are judged to be acting corruptly and dishonestly—are the cause of Walker's record on jobs tells much about the man and his extremist conception of representative democracy.

Walker does not believe in a representative democracy.

This is seen in Walker and the GOP's secretly crafted gerrymandering, and the GOP's unprecedented vow to stop open displays of anti-Walker sentiment at the People's House, our state capitol, among many other secretly-formulated actions. Walker does not go in for listening sessions and questions-and-answer sessions with the people.

As Walker continues to avoid facing the people of Wisconsin, in favor of visits to out-of-state GOP functions and fundraisers, it would be wonderful if someone were to pose the following question to Walker this-coming Thursday at the Polk County, Iowa GOP fundraising dinner:

Gov. Walker, do you stand by your statement that Wisconsin families opposing you are responsible for Wisconsin's dismal jobs performance during your tenure as governor?

Walker's visit to Iowa this Thursday comes as Rand Paul and Rick Santorum are also drawing predictions of a run for the GOP nomination for the presidency, the Des Moines Register reports.

Scott Walker Is Desperate

Walker calls for lawyers and money

Scott Walker's campaign headquarters is secret.

Scott Walker refuses question-and-answer sessions with the Wisconsin people.

Scott Walker refuses press conferences.

Scott Walker refuses to make public his schedule.

Scott Walker makes media appearance with only rightwing outlets.

Scott Walker sets record fundraising of $10-millions, mostly from out-of-state.

Scott Walker presided over an economy bleeding jobs making Wisconsin the worst in the nation, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

Scott Walker caused the state to lose tax revenue due to pay inequality.

Scott Walker refuses to disclose why he has set up a criminal defense fund, and transferred money from political campaign.

Scott Walker won't address calls to instruct current and former staff to tell the truth to criminal investigators.

Scott Walker is facing a federal investigation, along with the Milwaukee county John Doe criminal probe.

Conclusion of Scott Walker: His opponent is desperate.

How to lose jobs, and drive down wages

Wisconsin presents a rare experiment of what happens when Koch brothers' and ALEC prescriptions for government are put into place; the results are plain and ugly.

Targeting the working class, about whom Abe Lincoln said "all that serves labor, serves the nation. All that harms labor is treason," is not just terrible macro-economics, it's anti-American.

"When Wisconsin ranks dead last in something as important as job creation, it’s obvious we have a problem. While the overall economy and our Midwestern neighbors are adding jobs at a pace consistent with our national recovery, Wisconsin shouldn't be losing jobs, and yet since Scott Walker became governor, we're worst-in-the-nation," stated Michelle McGrorty, executive director of the Greater Wisconsin Political Fund. "Scott Walker's job-killing agenda of slashing education and job training while lavishing tax giveaways on his corporate donors has been a miserable failure."

The sector of Wisconsin doing well now is the dozens of Scott Walker cronies, whom he turned into political appointees with hefty raises—all rubber-stamped by the Republicans in the legislature. And of course those contributors to the Scott Walker campaign who are the recipients of massive taxpayer gave-aways.