April 19th, 2012
The up-and-down pattern of the state's monthly jobs report continued in March 2012. This time, the numbers took a dip, showing Wisconsin lost an estimated 4,300 private sector jobs.

Additionally, the state Department of Workforce Development revised up by 2,100 the number of jobs added in February. The new report says that there were 6,100 jobs added in that month.

We are using the monthly numbers to measure progress by Gov. Scott Walker on achieving his top campaign promise: The state adding 250,000 private sector jobs by the end of his four-year term.

The monthly jobs numbers are preliminary estimates and are compiled by survey data.

The new report puts state private-sector employment at 2,329,500, compared with 2,323,600 when Walker took office -- an increase of 5,900 jobs. That leaves the governor with 244,100 jobs left to reach 250,000.

Walker has taken a love-hate approach to the monthly jobs numbers. He has celebrated increases with news conferences and television ads. And when they"ve declined, members of his administration have criticized the figures as being sloppy.

This month, the administration put an entirely new spin on the numbers.

For the first time, they discussed an indicator called Help Wanted OnLine, compiled by the Conference Board, a national business organization. That indicator, state economists said, suggests that the job numbers will increase for the month of April.

http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/...0000-new-jobs/

Of course you conveniently leave out the fact that Wisconsin is almost dead last in the nation in job growth in 2011. The only state with less job growth than Wisconsin is fucking Wyoming

They do?

I have a brother and two cousins who are cops. They are Democrats. My mom was a deputy sheriff, She is a Democrat.

One of my best friends is a firefighter. Yep, he's a Dem.

And in my opinion...they ALL need their budgets cut to the bone. Give them the money they need to do their jobs and not ONE penny more.

Here is something I wondered about...I keep seeing the Dems say that Romney was 47th in the nation in "job growth" in Massachusetts.

BUT the part they leave out is there was only 4.7% unemployment rate!

So if I have a state that has 100% employment...then I could be 50th in job GROWTH because everybody is already working and doing great.

On the flip side...I could have a state with 25% unemployment and raise it to "only" 15% unemployment and be NUMBER ONE at job growth!

I think you have to look at the real numbers and how the economy is doing.

What I see in Wisconsin is that they are just over 6% unemployment (we would LOVE to have that number here in Nevada) and he took a 3.5 billion dollar deficit and turned it around to a surplus.

I don't care how people spin it...that's called doing exactly what you promised to do even though the unions tried to take you out.

Funny everyone is all about the MONEY, and then Obama is going to raise the Most Ever or some crap like that. One Billion he is shooting for? If I heard wrong I heard wrong, but I don't think so.

It'll make a huge difference in his favor too. Do you think he'll win it on merit alone?

If he sends me a cashiers check for $100m of it , I will vote for him.:winkwink: