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How Many Jobs Has Walker's WEDC Created?
X post in Labor
http://www.progressive.org/news/2014/06/187732/how-many-jobs-has-walkers-wedc-created
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This July marks the three-year anniversary of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp., Gov. Scott Walker's flagship economic development agency. WEDC has been mired in allegations of incompetence and skirting the law since 2012, but how has it performed when it comes to its top priority of creating jobs for the people of Wisconsin?
Two official state data sets indicate that for every verifiable job Walker's WEDC managed to create, the state lost more than two to plant closings and layoffs.
WEDC Controversy
In November 2010, Walker was elected governor by a wide margin. He promised to "focus like a laser" on the economy to create 250,000 jobs.
On Jan. 3, 2011, Walker was sworn into office and immediately called a special session of the Legislature to get to work on his jobs agenda. One of the first bills Walker introduced privatized the Department of Commerce's economic development functions.
- See more at: http://www.progressive.org/news/2014/06/187732/how-many-jobs-has-walkers-wedc-created#sthash.HXbgzu6i.dpuf
FULL story at link.
