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The Center for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) has a take on Scott Walker that warrants attention First, a few words from CREW: “About Us.“
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to promoting ethics and accountability in government and public life by targeting government officials who sacrifice the common good to special interests.
We advance our mission using a combination of research, litigation, policy advocacy, and media outreach. CREW employs the law as a tool to force officials to act ethically and lawfully and to bring unethical conduct to the public’s attention through:
In compiling the latest edition of its Worst Governors in America report, CREW reviewed the job performance of the governors of all 50 states before identifying the 18 worst. While laws related to ethics, open records, financial disclosure, and campaign finance vary greatly from state to state, CREW found these governors’ actions troubling by any standard.
Before we leave Scott Walker, let’s visit with Politifact’s Scott Walker File.
Scott Walker’s file
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Republican from Wisconsin
Click on the ruling to see all of Walker’s statements for that ruling.
- True14 (11%)
- Mostly True28 (22%)
- Half True23 (18%)
- Mostly False18 (14%)(18)
- False33 (26%)
- Pants on Fire10 (8%)
- True14 (11%)
- Mostly True28 (22%)
- Half True23 (18%)
- Mostly False18 (14%)(18)
- False33 (26%)
- Pants on Fire10 (8%)
Recent statements involving Scott Walker
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No change in methods, only in view of them |
On counting state budget shortfalls
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Lawmakers could push it lower |
Borrowing in my 2015-’17 state budget is less than half that in my predecessor’s last budget and “the lowest it has been in a decade.”
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Purposeful edits |
Walk-O-Meter
Create 250,000 new jobs
Will “get government out of the way of employers … who will then help Wisconsin create 250,000 jobs by 2015, and as we create those new jobs, we will be able to add 10,000 new businesses.”
Scott Walker’s Lagging Indicators
![income growth, midwest states](https://i0.wp.com/media.gotraffic.net/images/ireMRvrmXQI0/v43/-1x-1.png)
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Things weren’t much better for the state’s corporations. Bloomberg compiles a weighted index of the stock prices for publicly traded companies in each state. The value of shares for Wisconsin companies increased less than those of neighboring states, and less than the median state, from when Walker took office to the close of trading on Monday:
![Equity, 28 points](https://i0.wp.com/media.gotraffic.net/images/i0W9G1y3uSNg/v47/-1x-1.png)