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Scott Walker Dislikes Job Numbers, So He'll Put Out His Own

Scott Walker 'Set Himself Up' With Unique Jobs Data
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When Wisconsin job numbers compiled by the U.S. government were on the upswing last year, Governor Scott Walker traveled to Milwaukee to tout them as proof that he was turning around the state’s economy.
Now that the Bureau of Labor Statistics figures have shown for months that the state is losing more jobs than any other, Walker, a Republican who faces a June 5 recall election, will release his own.

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