Minnesota vs Wisconsin (and it's not sports)

[hashmander]

saw that on twitter, I will do some more research because this is interesting as hell. neighboring states that tried different approaches and one seems to have come out ahead and it ain't the one who shares the views of president tang.

 

[superunknown23]

Kansas went full-trickle down and it's a total mess.

 

[Regular_P]

This means nothing to the ignorant aka the Republican base.

 

[tru_m.a.c]

Quick view checks out

We need more state focused takedowns of the republican philosophy.

 

[ORDER_66]

Wisconsin is garbage....

 

[Don De Dieu]

This state is fukked for a long time.

 

[levitate]

Door County is pretty nice in the summer though.

 

[ⒶⓁⒾⒶⓈ]

What did you check this out with....an ouija board? a few points

MN had a surplus under the previous Republican Governor while Wi had a massive deficit under their Democrat governor at the time...where is that meme???


Median income numbers have actually follwed the exact same pattern with losses in 07-10 then a slight improvement in 2014 List of U.S. states by income - Wikipedia

the job growth is BS as well U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 2017 shows Wi has slightly Higher growth


but i guess as long as a meme validates ones prejudices its all good huh.....

 

[AyBrehHam Linkin]

Live in Madison, mfs were war ready when Walker won

 

[hashmander]

Live in Madison, mfs were war ready when Walker won

and he still won 3 straight elections in 10, 12 and 14.

 

[AyBrehHam Linkin]

and he still won 3 straight elections in 10, 12 and 14.

Milwaukee n Madison are liberal strongholds in a majority repub ass state unfortunately

 

[Don De Dieu]

What did you check this out with....an ouija board? a few points

MN had a surplus under the previous Republican Governor while Wi had a massive deficit under their Democrat governor at the time...where is that meme???

Jim Doyle (the Democratic governor you're referring to) was far from perfect, but he inherited that deficit. Republicans controlled the state legislature and did nothing at the time but pass wedge issue bills.

 

[Don De Dieu]

and he still won 3 straight elections in 10, 12 and 14.

For a long time, the state was closer to a "purple" state than a red state. In my estimation, the formula in those wins are:

1) The DPW (state Democratic Party) is fukking incompetent. Walker genuinely deserved to be recalled, but they did an awful job of making the case to someone who doesn't know better.

2) Walker got a shyt ton of dark money in each cycle, the advantage of incumbency and free air time from the major AM stations. The state's biggest paper was in his back pocket as well.

3) He faced a weak opponent each time. Tom Barrett is an okay mayor, but doesn't profile well as a gubernatorial candidate. He ran twice. Mary Burke had no business in the race, but the DPW pushed her out there.

And, that's part of how we got here.

 

[ⒶⓁⒾⒶⓈ]

Jim Doyle (the Democratic governor you're referring to) was far from perfect, but he inherited that deficit. Republicans controlled the state legislature and did nothing at the time but pass wedge issue bills.

Ill take your word for it ..my point is that the meme itself was distorted and the facts dont check out...this is what politifact says

Wisconsin's Trumped Up Deficit - FactCheck.org


Wisconsin, by state law, is required to have a balanced budget. That means it is prohibited from running a deficit, which happens when a government spends more money than it has.

Trump is referring to a previously projected budget shortfall. That is how much state agencies request in spending minus what the state is projected to make in revenue.

In November, Wisconsin’s Department of Administration, based on revenue projections and state agency budget requests for fiscal years 2016 and 2017, said the state faced a shortfall of $2.2 billion for that two-year cycle (see table 4).

That was after the Legislative Fiscal Bureau projected in January 2014 that the state’s general fund would have about a $1 billion surplus for the biennium that ended June 30. Much of that projected surplus was used to provide additional property and income tax cuts for families and businesses, leaving the state with a surplus of $254,000 when fiscal 2015 ended last month, according to bureau documents.

But to Trump’s claim, the important thing to know is that agency spending requests aren’t automatically granted, as the administration noted in its November projections.

To add comparing Mn and Wi is really an apples to oranges situation anyway...the core of Wisconsins economy is Agriculture and Agricultural processing while Minnesota economy is quite a bit more diverse Manufacturing,Tech etc so simple economic comparisons without context dont mean much

so when the meme says Wisconsin is below the National median income and Minnesota is Higher up it doesnt reflect the reality that That has been the case for many years...long before Walker or Dayton ever ran for office.