Walker Developing New Way to Measure Employment
Posted Tuesday, January 22, 2013 --- 2:36 p.m.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Gov. Scott Walker says he is developing a new way to measure Wisconsin's employment needs.
Walker has publicly complained about the accuracy of monthly unemployment data based on a survey of about 3.5 percent of Wisconsin businesses. The more accurate data, based on a census of nearly all Wisconsin businesses, comes quarterly and has a six month lag.
Walker says that gap makes it difficult to use those numbers for making quick responses to the state's employment needs. He says he is moving forward with a real-time labor management system so the state can react to job needs better.
Walker promised in 2010 to create 250,000 private sector jobs over four years. He's far from meeting that pledge.
Copyright 2013: Associated Press
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by Me Location: mad on Jan 23, 2013 at 02:22 AMWell He's not smart enough to actually create jobs. So whats a guy to do, a little poof smoke and mirrors and hire a statistician to muddy the water. So there is his jobs plan. Lawyers to keep him out of jail and stats people to tell his lies.[ Report Abuse ]
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by Dave Location: Madison on Jan 22, 2013 at 03:22 PMOf course he's looking for different ways to measure employment. None of the traditional ways are accomplishing anything other than making him look like a fool. It's like the old saying: If you can't impress them with the facts, dazzle them with BS.[ Report Abuse ]
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