Mary Burke on #Wisconsin state economy: Time to panic

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Mary Burke on #Wisconsin state economy: Time to panic http://lacrossetribune.com/news/local/burke-on-state-economy-time-to-panic/article_b059e1f5-bd35-5197-a2ad-546ab9a8aa12.html …#wipolitics @WisDems


http://lacrossetribune.com/news/local/burke-on-state-economy-time-to-panic/article_b059e1f5-bd35-5197-a2ad-546ab9a8aa12.html

Burke on state economy: Time to panic


Peter Thomson, La Crosse Tribune
April 17, 2014 12:00 am • By Chris Hubbuch
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A day after Gov. Scott Walker launched his re-election bid by highlighting a record of reforms and job growth, Democratic challenger Mary Burke painted a starkly different picture of the state’s economy.

While conditions have improved since Walker took office in 2011, Burke noted Wisconsin’s recovery has not kept pace with neighboring states, or the national average.

“We should be hitting the panic button on this,” Burke said, seizing on a report from the Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance showing Wisconsin’s job base shrank by 1.4 percent between 2000 and 2012 while the U.S. grew by the same amount, Burke said.

Burke laid the blame for stagnant job growth at Walker’s feet, mocking the four-page jobs plan at the heart of his 2010 campaign and what she called “economic development on a company-by-company basis.”......

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1. Panic Time

Mary Burke is right, it is Panic Time in Wisconsin. I think this is an issue Mary Burke and Democrats need to drive home about how bad economy is slumping. I just don't see too many people concerned about it unfortunately. This is actually a message every core constituency in the Democratic Party can get behind!

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2. True! The time to panic from having a psychopath for Gov. is T - 4 yrs till now!