Walker said the state has created "just under 100,000" jobs since he took office. He arrived at that number by combining full and partial years of census data.It's part of a bigger picture, and pattern, but this one takes the cake.
However, several within his own administration, including his primary spokesman, have said that is the wrong way to measure jobs -- you can’t combine partial and full year data sets. As one aide said: It would be "misrepresenting the truth."
By his administration’s own yardstick, his statement is false. We think it’s ridiculous to -- after private admonitions -- publicly present it this way. Pants on Fire.
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Sunday, December 16, 2012
Walker's Preposterous Job-Creation Claim Rated "Pants On Fire"
Nearly 100,000 jobs? You get "Pants On Fire Politifacted" when you're Liar, Liar.
I am shocked, SHOCKED, to hear that Scottie is not entirely factual!
ReplyDeleteOnly an indictment will get some people to see that Walker is as crooked as a $3 bill.
ReplyDeleteEven more hilarious, even if you believe the DWD's numbers (which haven't been confirmed) that same report shows private sector job growth is down 36% vs. the last year of the Doyle-Dem budget.
ReplyDeleteNot surprisingly, this fact isn't even broached by the Bradley Foundation Newsletter- I mean the Journal-Sentinel.