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| YouTube link to the Frank Luntz Focus Group segment on the Sean Hannity Show (before the recall election): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb0kaPvsVe0&feature=related Some pro-public-sector-union comments: --We don't believe the numbers/statistics in general; Wisconsin is hurting, especially the poor --Scott Walker deceptively made it appear as if there was a budget deficit in Wisconsin (in order to make it look like he is the one who got the state out of the red and into the black) --You can't raise a family of 4 on the jobs that Scott Walker is creating Evidence 1) According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, unemployment in Wisconsin was 7.5% in April 2011 and 6.7% in April 2012. That's about as solid as evidence gets on that matter. 2) According to an ABC News fact check story ... --Union teachers in Wisconsin took a "take-home" pay-cut of between 1% and 3% (converted into contributions into their benefits plans). Now that doesn't sound like all of Wisconsin is hurting, especially the poor. It sounds more like sense-of-entitlement liberals whining that they have to contribute to their benefits plans almost as much as the private sector does. --Wisconsin's average personal income rose 4.8% (which is higher than the national average rise of 4.3%). Now that doesn't sound like all of Wisconsin is hurting, especially the poor. --There was a deficit, and Scott Walker did get the state out of the red and into the black. Now that doesn't sound like all of Wisconsin is hurting, especially the poor. --21,000 jobs were lost in Wisconsin in 2011, but -- at the same time -- more than 21,000 jobs were created (and average personal income rose, as is said above). That, too, doesn't sound like all of Wisconsin is hurting, especially the poor. 3) And here is a comprehensive Sunshine Review of the Wisconsin state budget. Ed | ||||
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