Walker Did It! We're Officially #1 - - In Job Losses
Well played, Scott Walker: Perhaps a presidential run on this record?
In its article, "How did states create jobs?" Pew's Stateline news service presents a graphic showing Wisconsin leading the nation in job losses over the past 12 months — one of only three states with that dubious distinction.
The graphic shows Wisconsin with 6,800 fewer total non-farm jobs in April 2013 compared to April 2012. Wyoming and Maine also lost jobs over the period, each down by 1,500 jobs.
By comparison, all of Wisconsin’s neighbors added jobs over the period, according to cited figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
But we can sell off the highways and prisons, and stick medical devices up into the ladyparts of sluts, so it's all good, right?
ReplyDeleteDon't forget the bail bondsmen (and women?). They ought to bring a few jobs to the state!
ReplyDeleteSounds like it's time to change the state motto to "Backward"
ReplyDeleteBetter watch it, Zombie. You're itching for a timeout censorship.
ReplyDeleteI don't think so, Nonnie.
ReplyDeleteYou're itching for a timeout censorship.
ReplyDeleteIf I can still refer to Walker as "Turdwaffle", I think I'm good.
http://www.themanufacturinginstitute.org/Skills-Certification/Right-Skills-Now/Right-Skills-Now.aspx
ReplyDeleteIn case you still think there's a job loss happening in Wisconsin, CEO and company Presidents in Waukesha County are begging for skilled workers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PL9bJfXdACg
n case you still think there's a job loss happening in Wisconsin,
ReplyDeleteWell, it's not actually a matter of opinion. Based on the statistics in the article, the studies from Pew and the BLS, Wisconsin IS losing jobs.
That reference to skilled jobs in Waukesha county is oft-cited, but irrelevant. Used to be, employers would train their own skilled workers, but now have decided that they no longer want to invest in their own workforce; however, in the absence of any actual operational method to magically imbue people with the skills they want, they also want this skilled workforce to come at a non-skilled wage. One of the unfortunate things about even a technical education is that it trains its students to discern when they are getting screwed.
And besides; I know this may come as a surprise to people from the most heavily intransigent rightwing portions of the state, but Wisconsin consists of more than Waukesha County.
Of further interest:
ReplyDeleteThe so-called "Skills Gap" doesn't exist.
The vaunted free market allows employers to pay what the market demands for skilled workers. Employers are not willing to do so. Not only does that indicate the lack of demand across the economic spectrum, it indicates that workers are not to blame just because they are not willing to work below the rate that their skills command, but that a LOT of corporate weasels are willing to lie, straight-faced and on the record.