Wisconsin economy- it hasn't just sucked for the last 3 months

[Scuba]

http://jakehasablog.blogspot.com/2013/06/wisconsin-economy-it-hasnt-just-sucked.html

hese reports were released nearly 2 weeks ago, but got new life as more people looked over the numbers, and the Journal-Sentinel ran a large headline relaying the fact that the leading index survey showed that Wisconsin is expected to have the second-worst economy in the U.S. the next 6 months. And note that the Philly Fed survey has Wisconsin lagging all of its Midwestern neighbors between now and October.

But the "economic outlook" part only tells half the story. The other half is where we've been, and that's even worse. First off, Wisconsin also had the 2nd-worst economy in the nation the LAST 3 months, which also lagged everywhere else in the Midwest, and was well behind the country's solid growth.

Let's go back to the start of the Age of Fitzwalkerstan, in January 2011, and compare how Wisconsin has done with our neighbors and the U.S. as a whole. And yes, Wisconsin are those red marks on the bottom.



What's especially interesting here is that Minnesota was bearely ahead of Wisconsin's growth through July 2012, 3.75% to 2.97%. Then Scott Walker was retained in the recall election, Dems took over both houses of the Legislature in Minnesota, and look where we are now.

More chart damning Fitzwalkerstan at the link.

[Jackpine Radical]

1. That one's obviously slightly too complicated for a billboard, but

it would make for one helluva half-page color flyer for Dems to distribute at county fairs, the State Fair, on community bulletin boards (if permitted) & wherever else you can get them into the hands of the public.