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Presidential candidate Scott Walker is on the campaign trail touting Wisconsin's economic "resurgence." The facts are that Wisconsin's economy is under-performing nearly all states.
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- In 2010, Walker promised to create 250,000 jobs by 2014. He missed his mark by 45%.
- Source: Todd Milewski, Scott Walker's first four years as governor: 137,400 jobs added, 55 percent of goal, Capital Times, March 18, 2015.
- WI ranks 40th in new job creation, down from 15th in 2010 and the worst record in the Midwest.
- Source: Laura Sparks, Wisconsin Lags Midwest: Job Growth State Rankings, Wisconsin State Journal, March 19, 2015.
- Walker cut wages and benefits for 320,000 public-sector workers in 2011. His 2015 "right to work" bill will lower wages for 180,000 private-sector workers.
- Source: Steven Greenhouse, Wisconsin’s Legacy for Unions, New York Times, February 24, 2014; UnionStats.com, Union Membership, Coverage, Density and Employment by State, 2014, accessed March 24, 2015.
- 50 of 50: WI has the highest black child poverty rate in the nation.
- Source: KidsCount.org, Children in Poverty By Race and Ethnicity, accessed March 25, 2015.
- 50 of 50: Wisconsin ranks worst among the 50 states in terms of a shrinking middle class, a 14.7% decline.
- Source: Tim Henderson, The Shrinking Middle Class, Mapped State By State, Pew Trusts, infographic, March 19, 2015.
- 50 of 50: In 2014, the annual black unemployment rate was highest in Wisconsin (19.9 percent).
- Source: Valerie Wilson, Projected Decline in Unemployment in 2015 Won’t Lift Blacks Out of the Recession-Carved Crater, Economic Policy Institute, organizational report, March 26, 2015.
- Wisconsin ranks 11th (40th) for personal bankruptcy per capita.
- Source: American Bankruptcy Institute, December 2014 Bankruptcy Statistics - State and District, accessed March 25, 2015.
