Mayor Tom Barrett Has Led Milwaukee Backwards On Job Creation:
Under Mayor Tom Barrett, Milwaukee Has Had One Of The Worst Job Creation Records Of Any Big City In The U.S. “Milwaukee has one of the worst job creation records of any big city in the U.S.” remarked Marc Levine, Executive Director of the Center for Economic Development at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. (Bill Glauber, “Milwaukee now fourth poorest city in nation,” Journal Sentinel, http://www.jsonline.com/, 9/28/10)
- Since Tom Barrett Has Led Milwaukee, It Has Been One Of The Worst Large Cities For Unemployment (BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, www.bls.gov, accessed 3/27/12)
Unemployment Has Gone Up 28 Percent Since Mayor Tom Barrett Took Over. The rate when Barrett took over was 8.1 percent and the March preliminary rate was 10.4 percent, an increase of 28 percent, or 2.3 percentage points. (BLS, LAUS, 4/27/12)
Forbes Ranked The Milwaukee Metro Area As One Of The Worst For Job Growth In The Entire Nation, Dropping 31 Spots In The Last Year. Milwaukee ranked 54th of the 65 large city rankings. The rankings of statistical areas with greater than 450,000 non-farm jobs, used recent and long term growth trends to determine the rankings. (NewGeography.Com, “Large City Rankins- 2012 Best Cities For Job Growth,” http://www.newgeography.com/
Governor Walker Is Helping Wisconsin Create Jobs And Moving Wisconsin Forward:
Wisconsin’s Unemployment Rate Has Dropped Under Gov. Walker And Is At It’s Lowest Rate Since 2008 Dec. 2008 6.5%, Mar. 2012 6.7% (Bureau of Labor Statistics,www.bls.gov, accessed 5/17/12)
Wisconsin Added 23,321 Jobs In 2011. The actual data derived directly from Wisconsin employers show a net change from the original estimates to this reliable census of over 57,000 jobs. The data obtained directly from over 96 percent, or about 160,000 Wisconsin employers show that Wisconsin added 23,321 jobs in 2011, not the 33,900 loss that was previously believed. (Craig Gilbert, “Walker speeds release of positive jobs data,”JournalSentinel, 5/15/12)
Wisconsin Has Created 12,200 Jobs In 2012 Under Gov. Walker. (BLS, www.bls.gov, accessed 5/17/12)
Wisconsin Has Created 13,400 Manufacturing Jobs Since Governor Walker Took Office. Wisconsin ranked in the top ten states (8) for creation of manufacturing jobs in 2011 and 2012. (BLS,www.bls.gov, accessed 5/25/12)
