{"id":25510,"date":"2015-05-04T14:26:41","date_gmt":"2015-05-04T18:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=25510"},"modified":"2015-05-04T14:26:41","modified_gmt":"2015-05-04T18:26:41","slug":"the-jobs-report-in-wisconsin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=25510","title":{"rendered":"The Jobs Report In Wisconsin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Right now, Scott Walker<\/a> is the top Republican fund raiser in the Presidential primary. He is also a favorite of the conservatives, which makes him a prime target of attack for the Clinton<\/a> machine and anyone out there on the liberal side of the spectrum that has designs on the presidency. Get ready for the attacks–here are some of the facts.<\/p>\n

Today’s Wall Street Journal<\/a> posted an article about his record on employment in Wisconsin<\/a>. Scott Walker took office in 2011. He faced a recall almost immediately, which he won. Despite the opposition, he continued his policies of cutting spending and lowering taxes.<\/p>\n

The article reports the results:<\/p>\n

Yet Wisconsin\u2019s employment-population ratio<\/a> has jumped 2.5%\u2014significantly more than the national improvement rate. Wisconsin is also gaining ground against other states. In February 2011 Wisconsin ranked 12th in employment-population ratio. It now ranks ninth.<\/strong><\/p>\n

…The U.S.<\/a> employment-population ratio has grown 1.5% since Mr. Walker took charge.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article further explains:<\/p>\n

Some will rightly point out that the unemployment rate fails to account for people who can\u2019t find a job and stop searching. And so a low unemployment rate is more meaningful if it is accompanied by high participation in the labor force. Since February 2011, the national labor-force participation rate<\/a> has dropped to 62.7%, from 64.2%. Wisconsin\u2019s rate, much healthier than the national average, has also declined but by significantly less, to 68.4% from 69.1%.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wisconsin\u2019s current 68.4% labor-force participation rate is particularly noteworthy because it represents an uptick over the past year from a low of 68.1%. Nationally, the average labor-force participation rate has declined to lows last seen during the Carter administration<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Given that Wisconsin\u2019s unemployment has dropped to 4.6% from 5.6% in the past year, the state is in the enviable position of having lowered unemployment while increasing labor-force participation. Not surprisingly, this has helped Wisconsin move up to eighth place in state labor-force participation, from 12th in 2011.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Keep these figures in mind as you hear the attacks on Scott Walker that will be coming from the political left<\/a>. I have not yet made up my mind as to whom I am supporting in the Republican presidential primary<\/a>, but these are impressive statistics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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