Has Scott Walker created more jobs than everyone thinks?
Walker supporters celebrate on June 5th
A recent story in the Huffington Post gives a breakdown of campaign spending in the Scott Walker recall election in Wisconsin. It says more than \"$63.5 million has been spent by candidates and independent groups, the overwhelming majority underwritten by out-of-state sources\".
Now there is a big argument in Wisconsin over how many jobs Mr Walker has created.While this argument is bound to continue. Lets not forget that politics itself is an industry--one that is growing rapidly now that the Citizen\'s United decision allows unlimited finance to flow into it.
Impishly, then, if each private sector job costs about $120,000-150,000 could this cash infusion to the Wisconsin economy have created as many as 500 jobs?
Updated: More about the sources of funding for Mr Walker\'s campaign.