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Old 09-09-2012, 03:18 AM
 
Location: Minnesota
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Someone was saying what a great governor Scott Walker is. I just checked. Minnesota unemployment is 5.8 percent. Wisconsin is 7.3 percent. Two states, side by side, separated by that big a difference. Is this part of Walker's "greatness", in the opinion of Minnesota fans of his?
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Old 09-09-2012, 08:53 AM
 
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Wisconsin has 30% better cheese.
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Old 09-09-2012, 09:09 AM
 
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Fortune 500 companies:

WI=10
MN=21

Most of the MN companies are professional level companies where college degrees and advanced degrees are required for employment for most of the jobs, the are spread across several industries creating diversity in the workforce.

WI companies are either retail or "service" type industries with a few tech companies.

Fortune 500 2010: States: Wisconsin Companies - FORTUNE on CNNMoney.com
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Old 09-09-2012, 04:09 PM
 
Location: Indiana Uplands
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Fortune 500 companies:

WI=10
MN=21

Most of the MN companies are professional level companies where college degrees and advanced degrees are required for employment for most of the jobs, the are spread across several industries creating diversity in the workforce.

WI companies are either retail or "service" type industries with a few tech companies.

Fortune 500 2010: States: Wisconsin Companies - FORTUNE on CNNMoney.com
WI is a much more manufacturing dependent state compared to MN across a larger geographical area so I think WI might have a larger blue collar base compared to outstate MN. Tech companies are mainly found in southern WI in Milwaukee or Madison areas. The Northwoods of WI has been really struggling with job losses over the past few years as well.
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Old 09-09-2012, 06:26 PM
 
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Yeh, WI is full of those "job creators" who create jobs in Asia. The retail companies that used to be anchored in MN have been sold with the exception of Target. That may make MN more resilient. Certainly, online retailing is making a dent in the bricks and mortar kind.
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Old 09-10-2012, 08:02 AM
 
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Someone was saying what a great governor Scott Walker is. I just checked. Minnesota unemployment is 5.8 percent. Wisconsin is 7.3 percent. Two states, side by side, separated by that big a difference. Is this part of Walker's "greatness", in the opinion of Minnesota fans of his?
Wish we could swap him out for Dayton!
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Old 09-10-2012, 10:00 AM
 
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Someone was saying what a great governor Scott Walker is. I just checked. Minnesota unemployment is 5.8 percent. Wisconsin is 7.3 percent. Two states, side by side, separated by that big a difference. Is this part of Walker's "greatness", in the opinion of Minnesota fans of his?
..and IL is next to WI too:

this is what happens without the Scott Walkers of the world...from Yahoo:

Teachers in the Chicago Public School District went on strike for the first time in 25 years Monday after 10 months of contract negotiations came to an impasse over health benefits and teacher evaluations.

"We are concerned that too much of the evaluations will be based on students' standardized test scores. This is no way to measure teacher effectiveness at all," said Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis Sunday night.

The teacher walk-off in the nation's third largest school district has left families scrambling to find alternative childcare for the roughly 350,000 students who are affected by the strike. The school district plans to keep 144 of the city's 675 schools open on a limited basis with non-union workers.

Lewis acknowledges that some progress has been made in the negotiations, including putting more than 500 teachers back to work, restoring some liberal arts classes to the curriculum and guaranteeing new textbooks on the first day of school versus having to wait six weeks for instructional materials.

Moreover, the Chicago school board offered teachers a 16 percent pay raise over the next four years, slightly more than previous offers.

While teachers and education are an important part of our society, "I don't know anybody in this country that is guaranteed a raise of any kind," says The Daily Ticker's Aaron Task in the accompanying video.

According to reports, the average teacher in Chicago currently earns $76,000 a year, well above the national average income of roughly $30,000 a year.

"This is one of the most important issues the country faces right now," says Henry Blodget of the backlash many government workers are facing over their wages and pensions. "The private sector has changed [and] the middle class has been gutted. You now have 1 percent of Americas who work at Wal-Mart, most of them on the floor making $12 dollars an hour."

While Chicago teachers make much more than the average private sector employee, Blodget is shocked to hear that the labor union is stalling negotiations over performance evaluations based on the outcomes of standardized test results. He does, however, acknowledge the union's argument that teachers do not have complete control over a student's performance.

The Chicago school system faces a $667 million deficit this year, which will balloon to nearly $1 billion by next year. Chicago is not alone in its fiscal crisis. Many cities and states around the country are grappling with how to maintain the education status quo and keep teacher pension funds solvent.

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Old 09-10-2012, 10:40 AM
 
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..and IL is next to WI too:

this is what happens without the Scott Walkers of the world...from Yahoo:

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methinks you would be happier in Cheeseville
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Old 09-10-2012, 12:11 PM
 
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methinks you would be happier in Cheeseville
Actually I would be happier staying here and getting this state to come to their senses. Just need to back a candidate like Walker.
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Old 09-10-2012, 12:17 PM
 
Location: Minnesota
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Yeh, like we need Wisconsin's troubles. We already have the wackos that s pent their time churning out constitutional amendments for imaginary problems. Thanks, but no thanks.
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