Scott Walker or Mary Burke?

[TrueTimbers]

Originally Posted by Empidonax

Well, there's this:

Wisconsin's private-sector job growth ranks 33rd in U.S., quarterly report shows

A lot of people have a hard time figuring out if Walker is merely presiding over a statewide economic recovery that would have happened anyway, or if he actually is a crucial force in making that rebound happen. Additionally, some people wonder if the economic rebound in the state would be even greater if an even more effective governor were in charge. The meaning of "effective" is variable here, but some believe that a more progressive governor would have been able to coordinate more efficiently with national recovery trends. Others think Walker hasn't gone far enough, and that more severe changes to the state are needed to stimulate a higher level of growth.

These same questions are often posed regarding Obama. Is he just managing a recovery that he had nothing or little to do with? Or are his policies helping to make the recovery happen? Would Romney, or someone with his leanings, have helped create an even more robust recovery?

Indeed..
With both Obama and Walker, I question the quality of the jobs. At the root of my discontent, is the ever increasing gap between the haves and have nots. Sure many unions especially in the public sector went too far, and they did not contract when the rest of the economy did. Sure they should be "punished" but the concept of workers organizing is highly relevant to our standard of living. If not we will all be working for potatoes.

Our middle class was build on fair wages. We are not going to compete on a global level, so the prospect of a race to the bottom does not sound prommising.

Proof is in the 30 year experiment of Regan's trickle down economics did not work, it is slowly changing us into a 2 class society.

This disturbs me. It is my opinion, Walker is hitting the accelerator down this dead end street.