Menzie Chinn, a professor of Public Affairs and Economics at UW-Madison, recently looked into whether Governor Walker?s pro-business policies spurred employment growth. As we all remember, Walker claimed that his tax cuts and his dismantling of public sector unions would lead to an employment boom for Wisconsin. But as Chinn?s data shows, Walker?s policies have done nothing to improve job growth. The rate of growth when Walker took office in 2011 was 1.3%, and now after three years of his policies being in effect, the rate is still at 1.3% and weaker than the country?s growth as a whole.
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