All Mostly True statements involving Scott Walker
"In Wisconsin, only half of all the adults with serious psychological distress received mental health treatment or medication."
Two-thirds of Wisconsinites receiving unemployment checks "are not required to search for work due to current work search exemptions."
"Nearly a quarter of all adults in this state have some college credit without a degree."
"We’ve seen property taxes go down for the first time in 12 years on a median valued home."
Says Wisconsin Democrats during the previous administration adopted "double-digit tax increases."
Wisconsin state and local government workers pay "$500, $600 or in some cases, $1,000" per year in union dues.
If public employees don’t pay more for benefits starting April 1, 2011, "the equivalent" is 1,500 state employee layoffs by June 30, 2011 and 10,000 to 12,000 state and local government employee layoffs in the next two years.
The state is able to sharply curtail contract bargaining rights for state employee unions.
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