Job-hunting US House Speaker Paul Ryan continues to pitch the standard GOP nostrum that cutting taxes for the rich, with a few crumbs tossed in for some middle-class earners, will send the economy roaring.
A more honest public official, especially one from Wisconsin, should be far more cautious, given noting the Badger State's disappointing performance after failed WI job creator and GOP Gov. Scott Walker, with the cooperation of his loyal legislative lieutenants, achieved only middling numbers and promise-breaking job development after predicting skyrocketing growth through business and other tax cuts favoring the rich.
So as we get ready to blow up the deficit, please don't forget this 2012 gem:
A more honest public official, especially one from Wisconsin, should be far more cautious, given noting the Badger State's disappointing performance after failed WI job creator and GOP Gov. Scott Walker, with the cooperation of his loyal legislative lieutenants, achieved only middling numbers and promise-breaking job development after predicting skyrocketing growth through business and other tax cuts favoring the rich.
So as we get ready to blow up the deficit, please don't forget this 2012 gem:
Walker win means boon for business: GOP officials
Once June 5 hits and Gov. Scott Walker is securely re-elected, “our economy is going to take off like a rocket,” state Rep. Robin Vos, R-Rochester, said Monday during a meeting with The Journal Times Editorial Board.And this from the boss himself:
Gov. Walker says business hiring will skyrocket after he wins recall election
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker told an Illinois business conference today that quote, “like a rocket, you’ll see businesses hiring” after the June fifth recall election..."As the Christian Science Monitor wrote in 2016:
