Statements about Jobs

Says new figures he released showing Wisconsin job gains for 2011 are "the final job numbers."

Says Gov. Scott Walker is "cooking the books" by releasing numbers "he just dreamed up" that show Wisconsin gained jobs in 2011.

Since Scott Walker took office as governor in January 2011, there has been an increase of 33,200 jobs in Wisconsin.

Says Josh Mandel opposed federal loans to the auto industry.

Says Gov. Scott Walker said "no to equal pay for equal work for women."

Says that President Obama promised that with the stimulus plan, "unemployment would never go above 8 percent. He even said it would be 6 percent by now."

There are "49 different federal job training programs that report to eight agencies."

Says George LeMieux was one of two Republicans who voted for President Barack Obama's jobs bill.

Says in March New Jersey was "one of only eight states in the nation to lose jobs" and "the state with the highest loss of jobs in the nation."

"The only time government employment has gone down during a recession has been under me."

Says that Rep. Betty Sutton "would rather riot with Occupy (Wall Street) than stand up for Ohio families."

"We should be seeing numbers in the 500,000 jobs created per month. (Creating 115,000 jobs, the total from April 2012) is way, way, way off from what should happen in a normal recovery."

Says Gov. Scott Walker "has caused Wisconsin to lose more jobs than any other state in the country."

"If you put the $47 billion in revenue (raised over 10 years by the Buffett rule) into infrastructure you could create 611,000 infrastructure jobs."

"Wisconsin lost more jobs over the past 12 months than any other state."

"After four years of a celebrity president … 85% (of recent college grads are) moving back in with their parents."

In the "Obama economy ... the youth unemployment rate is double the unemployment rate for all Americans."

"Bank of America could create 878,300 jobs with benefits if they spent their 2010 bonuses on job creation."

Says she made a "cold call" and persuaded an Illinois company to relocate to Wisconsin. 

"The total unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino workers has increased from 10% to 10.3%" between January 2009 and March 2012.  

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