Wisconsin's Walker touts job creation as hecklers mar speech
Wisconsin's Walker touts job creation as hecklers mar speech
By Brendan O'Brien | Reuters – 41 mins ago...
MADISON (Reuters) - Wisconsin's Republican Governor Scott Walker, whose tumultuous first year in office saw partisan budget battles, massive street protests and a statewide recall effort against him, focused on job creation and ridding government of wasteful spending in a 'state of the state' speech on Wednesday disrupted by heckling.
During a 45-minute address to members of the state legislature and Supreme Court justices, the first-term governor touted an improved business climate he said has created "thousands of new jobs" after the state lost 150,000 jobs during the three recession-hit years before he took office.
"I believe it is the people of this state who create jobs and not the government," he said.
The governor asked small business owners to hire one new employee this year, in an attempt to invigorate the job market even more throughout the state.
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Unemployment rates fell in 36 states in October and rose in only 5, the Labor Department said Tuesday.
Illinois added 30,000 jobs, the most among states. ...
Wisconsin reported the biggest job loss, a drop of 9,700.
Hey Wisconsin, "How's that Walker thingy workin' for ya?" 
A few months ago Walker and his Republican cronies were predicting that jobs would be streaming out of Illinois into Wisconsin. Sounded good. Never panned out.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/22/state-unemployment-rates-october-2011_n_1107807.html
