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2. Wisconsin governor Walker displays his foreign polcy credentials.
Sat Apr 11, 2015, 07:15 PM
Apr 2015

Walker not only cheated Talgo out of the money owed for the trains they built for the state of Wisconsin, he cheated the citizens of Wisconsin out of approximately $820,000,000 from the federal government for the beginning of a high speed rail system that would have created jobs and increased state revenue without raising taxes on current residents.

This increased tax revenue from new jobs and businesses would have substantially reduced, if not eliminated, the state deficits without costing the citizens of Wisconsin one extra dime.

Moreover, a portion of the $820,000,000 refused by Walker would have come from the Federal taxes paid by Wisconsinites being returned to Wisconsin to create jobs in Wisconsin.

So, in spite of these and other examples of fiscal, financial, and legal malfeasance, the voters in Wisconsin elected him twice.

Since being reelected, Walker has begun implementing his plan to gut education. Evidently, Walker believes that this will provide incentives for businesses to relocate to Wisconsin.

While recent American political history has shown that incompetence and stupidity are not necessarily a hindrance, why should one believe that foreign businesses would be eager to do business with the likes of Walker?

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