Mary Burke Making up Stuff to Win

Mary Burke and her Campaign continue to push the "Dead Last" comments on jobs in Wisconsin.  Maybe she should catch up to the times.

Right Wisconsin:

Why would Mary Burke want to ignore the job numbers in 2014? Because Wisconsin is showing acceleration.

 

PolitiFact notes that according to the most recent year-over-year QCEW numbers for March 2013 to March 2014, Wisconsin ranks better than two Midwestern states.

 

But in the most recent year-over-year figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics counting job growth from August 2013 to August 2014, Wisconsin is second in the Midwest in job growth.

 

Indiana - 58,100

Wisconsin - 45,500

Minnesota - 44,600

Illinois - 40,600

Michigan - 30,500

North Dakota - 19,700

Ohio - 18,200

Iowa - 18,000

Nebraska - 6,200

South Dakota - 3,100

 

And in the most recent preliminary estimates from the Department of Workforce Development (DWD), Wisconsin added another 8,400 jobs September 2014 and the unemployment rate fell to 5.5% - the lowest rate since October 2008.

 

According to figures from the Department of Workforce Development, Wisconsin has created approximately 124,000 total jobs since December 2010.

 

Despite a False claim from PolitiFact and new jobs numbers that show accelerated job growth, Mary Burke continues to use the "Dead Last" claim in her ads and even used it in her closing statement at last Friday's debate.