Here are some actual statistics and facts. http://www.cows.org/pdf/bp-WisconsinJobs.pdf Try not to let it interfer with your rhetoric

COW...non partisan? What a joke! The unionists don't care about jobs, only jobs that produce union dues.

Democrats walk the walk that Republicans talk. While Democrats focus on jobs, union rights, women rights, Republicans focus on voter suppression, stripping union rights, suppress women by passing abortin bills, being obsessed with contraceptives without understanding the use and of course Koch brothers. Keep dreaming with your rhetoric.

@ Kiri
How many democrats voted to support the mining bill which would add jobs to Northern Wisconsin directly and indirectly to Cat in South Milwaukee and PH in Milwaukee when the mine needed equipment? Walk the Walk? More like dump on the little guy to keep their environmental lobby money coming in.

So sad, so annoying to read the comments of the extremist reactionaries attacking public servants. These Teanderthal goons fooled the public once -- never again.

Gov. Doyle didn't have to justify spending $1000. dollars to bribe employers to hire a minimum wage job with no benefits. Unfortuantly the gifts that Walker has been handing out in corporate welfare will cost tax payers about 4,000 each for every employee. Now if you thought about it rationally you could hire 25 people to stay home and save the state money in the long run. This guy is nothing but a puppethead of the pluracy killing this country all in the name of greed. When Walker starts addresses the income disparity and equal pay for woman then maybe he will be doing something useful, but just taking money from education and state programs to hand over to the rich is crazy at best.

Steve - Remember that those public servants work for some of the biggest Corporations in Wisconsin and receive very large and generous benefit packages, often in excess of the TOTAL yearly income of many in the private sector.

Further, those TAX-FREE benefits aren't added to their salaries, THUS lowering their total income, and allowing them to aviod paying their fair share via a higher rate of tax by the miracle of a progressive income tax.

As an insult to injury, many Wisconsin State employed retirees PURPOSELY move from Wisconsin to evade income taxes. They also prefer States with lower property taxes - and move to reduce paying their fair share back to the State that provided them with that big income.

Certainly the tax code of Wisconsin needs to be amended, and State Income Tax needs to be a life-time requirement for those who receive State pensions - no matter where they live. Hopefully this loophole will be closed soon - so Wisconsin is not cheated out of the money it needs to provide the level of services we have come to expect.

@Tim - the tax code, does, indeed, need to be revised because everyone - resident and company - needs to pay their fair share and that means doing without tax credits and deductions that help multi-million dollar corporations not pay a dime in taxes.

More funding for needed state programs for everything from healthcare to schools to the DNR? Let's revise the tax code, which essentially brings down rates for everyone and watch the revenues rise.

Where are all the jobs this moron promised? Over 200,000! Get rid of this cretin.

@ Steve
I would try to reason with you but apparently you are on an anti-Walker rant.
My suggestion would be to go a get a calculator at Wal-mart, Target, Walgreens or wherever you shop. You need to start adding up the 25s, 50, ad 100s. He promised the jobs by the end of his first term, that should be four years (in case you need a civics lesson as well). BTW, I am not a member of any party, Republican Democrat or Tea. Just a proud Wisconsinite!!!!!!!!!!

@Dean Here you go:
http://badgerstat.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Chart3.jpg
See what a difference your 25s, 50s and 100s are making? Oops.

@poryorick
If you had any education in economics, you would understand that after a recession, especially a deep one like we just had, job growth would not occur on a straight line like your graph, but would be more of a hockey stick type graph with more growth occurring later in the curve. As the economy rebounds, companies begin to add jobs. This is why an intelligent man like Gov Walker, needs his full term to deliver on his promise.
P.S. After the wreck that Diamond Jim Doyle left, I am willing to give the new guy some time to get the ball rolling.

@poryorick
Nice graph, though if you look at the entire article posted on the website, you would read that Wisconsin has gained 9% of the jobs lost during the recession?http://badgerstat.org/2011/jobs/

"If you had any education in economics, you would understand that after a recession, especially a deep one like we just had," Still doesn't explain why Wisconsin is at the bottom while the rest of the US seems to be dealing with the recession also. It seems like Wisconsin's downward spiral started in June, 2011. Coincidence that's when walker's policies went into affect?

Governor, pack your bags you are so out of here.

Am I the most censored man here - despite the lack of profanity?

I'm going to be sympathetic to you - but have you ever done Farm work?

Like - work on a dairy Farm? It's 365 days a year - the weather is irrelevant. Those Cows MUST be milked twice a day. I worked on a dairy Farm where there were only 3 of us, which included the Farmer. He milked the cows twice a day. Money was tight, machines broken. I ran silage, grain and water to the cows in the stalls with
plastic 5 gallon pails. Water was 2 at a time. Grain and Silage was 4 at a time. Shoveled manure by hand - ran it out in wheelbarrows. Split wood to heat the trailer. The Farmer had a load of logs delivered, which, evey morning, I would spend some time splitting and then stacking inside.

Have you EVER thought about the people who bring you food and energy?

I don't think most have.

I'm 49 now - and still strong as an OX. I learned the hard way - NO alcohol, eat right, and sleep - your body repairs while you sleep. On the Farm the Cows were milked twice a day, at Noon, and at Midnight. I started my chores at 9 - twice a day. I slept twice a day. The Cows were my friends and life - no choice.

People still do that. What will happen when the grocery store goes empty?

What will happen when there is no gas available at the pump?

What will happen when the coal train doesn't arrive full at Oak Creek, or Pleasant Prairie?

Reality - It's a Bitch.

Pamela, it is unfortunate that you experience with manufacturing is so negative. Many companies such as Racine Metal Fab realize their most important asset is their people so they invest much effort into keeping them healthy and comfortable. They do things like air condition the plant so they can reduce the heat and humidity. They try to keep a good work/life balance and provide many other perks for their employees. We need to encourage our youth that if a higher education does not fit with their plans, they need to consider work in manufacturing. Otherwise, the words "Made in America" will no longer exist on any product.

@Tim
I have a great deal of respect for farmers and their work ethic. However, as hard as farmers work, the farm is disappearing. The market simply doesn't allow for most people to make a living at farming - and on top of that it's one of, if not the, most dangerous jobs one can have. The pay and difficulty getting insurance makes this a poor choice for most.

The reality is, the system doesn't reward certain types of hard work and to go into farming, for most, would be foolhardy.

This is the only way I have found to reply to you. Jobs at Walmart, Target or Walgreen are not the American dream. They are what real people have to do to survive, which is exactly what Walker and his cronies are trying to accomplish. Wake up!

Ten and a half bucks an hour? Those are "good paying jobs" Dean? "Good paying" does not equal just over minimum wage. In my opinion, for metal fabrication, those are slave wages. People make that much working at McDonalds. You cannot house and raise a family with a quality lifestyle on ten and a half bucks an hour. It's a farce, and it's a farce there are people like yourself who think that jobs like these are quality jobs. The people who take these jobs will be over worked and under paid. They will be temp jobs for kids until they get sick of it and leave. They are not careers. We need careers...

@scott walker sucks
Before you go spouting off on Racine Metal Fab you better check your facts. Do you know anyone who works there? I do. The pay market competitive wages, have full benefits including health, dental, 401k, paid time off, etc. Every employee receives an annual performance appraisal and every employee is given the opportunity to increase his or her skill set and increase their rate of pay. In addition, the tax credits received will be used to fund training programs to help the employees increase their skill sets. GET THE FACTS before you start your political rant on a company providing good jobs for the residents of SE Wisconsin.

Dean, please tell us you work there. Please explain to us how we're to expect this company to take their 100k and reinvest into their employee training only to have to pay them more. Yes, that sounds so realistic. Ten and a half bucks an hour is not competitive and an indicator that they have no desire to pay fair wages. It's the bare minimum to qualify for the tax credit. The bare minimum. It's the lowest of standards because it is an employer's work market. People will be more interested in companies who are willing to go beyond the bare minimum. This place is doing the minimum, yet will expect their working-poor employees to go beyond the bare minimum to get a raise, yet stay in the working-poor class. Dean, you are one helluva kool-aid drinker. I would love to hear you explain to us why giving the public sector pay cuts and shifting that money to the rich is a good thing. You really believe this Koch puppet is working for you??? HAHAHA... Where I come from there are words to describe people like you, we call them suckers.

1,000,000 really???? I didn't know that ET, Adolph Hitler and Mickey Mouse moved to Wisconsin. I think if there was sufficient time to examine those signatures that number may be more like 500,000. As far as I am concerned, let's have the election tomorrow so he can win and then you whining lefty greedy crybabies can find out what the people of Wisconsin think.

I see you are mad at so called "selfish" Union's dues being paid to support the Democratic party but are ok that Corperate profits ( that the employees help create big time) being used to support republicans like hmmm. Gov Walker. Hypocrite republican B.S. . Do you live in some time warp no democrat is trying to pass laws that "force " people to join unions, just allow them to in a fair manner and be able to honestly collective bargain. wisconsin needs to educate people like you mikey or get you to switch off Fake news and come to your senses. These jobs are nice to have in wisconsin but are far from the careers that we need to support that provide a "living" wage. not some overhyped press release from a Governor who knows that he may be in legal trouble. Plus some of the wisconsinites are finally waking up from their tea bag haze to realize that the person that they hired is a fraud. Also Mikey if you where really worried about "out of state" money, you might want to google Gov Walker and The Koch brothers and hopefully your eyes might be opened.

@Natalie - you raise a fair point, but it wasn't a deliberate miss. I'll check on what the new employees can expect to make starting off and be sure to add it to the story when I get the information.

@Henk - Information is now at the top of the story. Hope this helps.

@Ben1234...How and why did you jump the shark to AIPAC? I don't understand how AIPAC has anything to do with this thread. Please explain.