All statements involving Scott Walker
Says Gov. Scott Walker approved a "gutting" of two tax credits that help the poor and elderly.
Says Gov. Scott Walker "has caused Wisconsin to lose more jobs than any other state in the country."
Says Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s budget "calls for raising property taxes by nearly $500 billion."
The Wisconsin law repealed by Republicans, which allowed discriminated workers to sue in state court, "was kind of a gravy train" for lawyers.
Says Gov. Scott Walker signed abortion, sex education and discrimination bills "in secret."
Says his sons were "targeted" on Facebook "by out-of-state protesters."
"We gave every public employee in the state the freedom to choose whether or not they want to be in a union."
Says Gov. Scott Walker "didn’t balance the budget" so "we now have a larger state deficit 14 months into (his) term than we did when he was elected."
Says Gov. Scott Walker cut aid to local schools despite campaigning on trying to restore two-thirds state funding for education
Says 94 percent of Wisconsin employers think the state "is heading in the right direction" and a majority say they will "grow their companies in 2012."
Says Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker doesn't make his calendar public -- "he's on our dime and we don't know where he is."
Wisconsin is called the Badger State because "our ancestors came here with the hopes of living the American dream by mining."
Says Gov. Scott Walker is "openly" backing a move to abolish the state retirement system and convert it to a 401(k)-style plan that will reduce pensions "by at least a third" for current and retired public employees
Says 21,000 Wisconsin residents got jobs in 2011, but "18,000 of them" were in other states.
Says Scott Walker enacted "the biggest cuts to education in our state’s history."
A 10-year state program that created 202 jobs at a cost of $247,000 per job was approved by former Gov. Jim Doyle.
Says Gov. Scott Walker "made more than $70 million in cuts to job training programs through (Wisconsin’s) technical colleges."
Says Wisconsin Democrats during the previous administration adopted "double-digit tax increases."
On the accuracy of state jobs numbers.
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