When Integrity has NO Place - Ask Governor Walker of Wisconsin

The Kudlow Report - Monday, August 19, 2013

Scott Kevin Walker, Governor of Wisconsin, continues to be OFF message of TRUTH.

Listen to his fast talking, side stepping and jumping the issues with the "WE" sweeper while Larry Kudlow, CNBC The Kudlow Report set up the angles.

Lack Credibility

Listen to his mumbo jumbo reasoning of the 30 governors.  Listen to his "pants on fire" statement of empowering the consumer.  He has NO shame.  He talks out of both sides of his mouth and have done absolutely nothing but put out a lot of "con".  Now, he has and continue to travel outside of Madison to entertain his similar to Paul Ryan and Mitt Romney fantasies.  He continues to cater to the haves while pretending all is well - while the state simmer waiting for leadership change in 2014.  He has yet to explain the missing large funds, $12 millions, going missing from the coffers of his created/replacement of the Department of Commerce - Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.  

WEDC

Governor Walker is the Chair of WEDC Board of Directors.  

Massive loss due to lack of leadership, management and operation appropriateness to monitor/oversight of loans to businesses on his watch.  Here's how it is explained in a memo, November 31, 2012, "In WEDC's single-minded focus to drive job creation through new initiatives, the organization made some missteps, which we fully acknowledge," Reed Hall and Ryan Murray, WEDC's interim secretary and deputy secretary, said in a Friday memo to board members. "Simply put, WEDC did not appropriately prioritize its time or the personnel needed to document certain financial processes."

Click WEDC official resigns after 27 News investigation - May 7, 2013.

Journal Sentinel reporters Patrick Marley and Jason Stein wrote that the bureau report "found that WEDC didn't require financial statements from companies receiving incentives; gave awards to ineligible businesses and ineligible projects; and awarded nearly $1 million in tax credits to companies for actions taken before they had signed their contracts with the state. The agency didn't adequately follow up to see if jobs were being created and didn't clearly report the jobs numbers that it did have, the audit found."

That's a pretty sad record, and Rep. Peter Barca (D-Kenosha) and Sen. Robert Cowles (R-Allouez), co-chairman of the Legislature's Joint Audit Committee, were right to be angered by it. Cowles told Marley and Stein that there was no excuse for not following state laws or being accountable to taxpayers.

"I hope they can get their act together, but this is pretty darn bad," Cowles said. "I'd say the jury is out whether this was a good idea to create this whole entity . . . I don't think there can be any more excuses. They've got to fix this thing."

Barca, who sits on the WEDC board, said another audit should be conducted in a year to determine whether the agency has improved. If not, WEDC should be scrapped in favor of the old Department of Commerce model, he said. That's an idea worth considering.

African American and Other People of Color

Since Milwaukee Professionals Association LLC tried for over 3 months to get a response/input/ outreach for small businesses in Milwaukee from the newly appointed Secretary of Commerce Paul Jardin (beginning of Governor Walker's administration) and equally pointed to the need and lack of outreach to African American and People of Color in Milwaukee to the Governor's office; Mary Glass, Chair/CEO, Milwaukee Professionals Association LLC said, "I find Walker's statements to Kudlow regarding the Republican Party reaching out to African American, Latinos, Asians, American Indians, Asian Indians, and others very disingenuous.  I know firsthand that Walker and his administration have done zero to seriously include these stakeholders in economic development and job creation nor the loans that were are shared with Wisconsinites."  

We, The People, know that now Governor Walker and then Milwaukee County Executive Walker, did absolutely nothing to include and/or expand opportunities for African American, other People of Color and the Work Challenged.   What he did do, similar to now, "prepare and run for another office" - then it was to Governor of Wisconsin (he has messed-up there) now he seeks the position of President of the United States.  It is all about "HIM".  We see what he did to his staff in Milwaukee for their loyalty to him - of course he knew nothing about nothing - just as with the WEDC SCANDAL.  They are serving time or have a felony or misdemeanor attachment.  This is another example of his leadership and fiscal prowess.

Now, that does not mean that THE GOVERNOR want do the usual token and Caucasian "baiting the trap gatekeeper" with an African American here and way-over-here a Person of Color.  During his term of governor, he even invited African Americans to the Governor's mansion for a photo opportunity and the "baiting the trap". 

Mislead

If the Republican Party is looking for Walker to lead their banner, keep waiting for the lead and just remember their Paul Ryan, U.S. Congressman for Wisconsin for Vice President and ex-Governor Mitt Romney for President campaign.   In spite of the massive strings being pulled by Republicans, misuse of voter registration and long, long lines over in the morning the day after of citizens waiting to vote - Before 11:30pm on election night, CNN called the winner of the 2012 election for President Barack Obama.   

The Republican pundits, naysayers, handlers, poll invaders and the works were standing with their mouths open - Candidate Romney and his wife were said to have taken ill.

I guess Governor Walker, Republican Chair Reince Priebus and others need to be reminded in 2014.

You can fool some of the people all the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all the time. - Abe Lincoln, Republican, 16th President

His method of operating has been risky, loose and happenstance.  However, Kudlow describes Walkers' claim to fame, Act 10,  as "fiscal discipline" and predicts that Walker will win Wisconsin Governorship in 2014 - decimating collective bargaining with strict limits of public employees labor rights.  Walker compares the present alleged $1.8 billion surplus with the $25 million surplus by ex-Governor Jim Doyle. What he doesn't say is the hike is partly due to the economic efforts put in place by Doyle that are now rolling out.  Wonder what Larry Kudlow would say if COMCAST/CNBC would just slash his contract and remove all the benefits or partial benefits.  I do not think he would be so slap-happy and knowledge-starved.  

Limited thinking

Walker spoke to Kudlow about the difference between austerity and reform.  

Walker said, "WE made things work better.  WE didn't just cut things.  If you cut things, then things that we genuinely need to have happen get cut just as much as things that don't."  DUH! 

Was this his take-away from the public employees takeover?  Isn't that what he did to the public employees? He also pitted public employees against each other - haves against have-nots, law enforcers against other public employees that were parents, spouse, children and neighbor) - an old Caucasian trick used against African Americans for centuries - including today - divide and conquer - then demonize with force, denial, conjecture and false justification. 

He dangled mixed outcomes for Kudlow and justified his massive cuts to fiscal gain - he pulled a rabbit out-of-the-hat example with the description of REFORM with a school district purchasing insurance from more than one insurance company.   So, it is OK and a BIG to-do if he does it and calls it REFORM but it is not REFORM with the Affordable Health Care Act.  His logic is flawed, just as he is; and in 2014 the People are wise to pick a NEW individual to right the awkward and misguided steps of Scott Walker.

Affordable Health Care

Milwaukee Professionals Association LLC also knows firsthand how Governor Walker and his cabinet, Ted Nickel - Wisconsin Commissioner of Insurance, ex-secretary Dennis Smith - Health and Human Services and Secretary Reggie Newsom - Workforce Development reneged on Wisconsinites and  refused to share information and respond.   They have not been forthright, they have sat-on-their-hands and done nothing to ensure that THE LAW of Affordable Health Care is properly executed on behalf of the over 5 million Wisconsinites.  "What happened to obeying the law?"   "What happen to his Oath of Office?''

Walker is on Kudlow, Squawk Box and whoever will indulge is fly-by-night leadership.  

He comes into the state long enough to further the charade and "exploitations"; i.e., the city of Milwaukee - National Governors Association, and gives the false appearance of "everything is A-OK" - He has not a clue of what is going on and sad-to-say, do not want to know.  Walker and his team act if though the obvious is not in play all the time.

You can fool some of the people all the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all the time. - Abe Lincoln, Republican, 16th President

Walker's disregard
At a time when the Affordable Health Care implementation is about to hit home in Wisconsin, the Governor acts irresponsibly and not take a key opportunity of all the governors present to uptick the information and public policies to aid his over 5 million constituents.  Instead, Governor Scott Kevin Walker rides off in the sunset on a HARLEY HOG waving.  How much "campaign favor" will this buy for him, next year and on? This does not mean that each of Harley Davidson's employees are going rah rah rah will not be laid-off or receive some cut.  We could reasonably assume that Affordable Health Care is not a priority for the decision maker.  Not really. Truly high-end hypocrisy.

When Governor Walker is removed by the Wisconsin voters in 2014, perhaps he could sign-up as a FULL-TIME worker/rider for Harley Davidson public relations department and annual tourism.

In Milwaukee, high unemployment and the state's highest budget item is "health care".

In Milwaukee, high uninsured citizenry need the opportunity to get Medicare Advantage through the private payers.  These are Milwaukeeans that will meet the 133% - 400% poverty level.  This is on top of Walker's refusal for the Medicare Expansion.  These are Wisconsinites that will be left out in the cold for health insurance.

He continued to pit stakeholders against each other and granted the hospitals (heavy lobbyists) $73 million dollar gift in the recent biennial budget.

Wisconsin Hospital Association, St. Mary's Hospital, Milwaukee Health Care Partnership and Wisconsin Primary Health Care Association have stepped forth with leading the charge for oligopoly control health care in the city of Milwaukee.  Milwaukeeans bring the funds and others (health care providers, health care practitioners - along with collaborators in the training/schools, suppliers and pharmaceutical markets) make all the decisions about what the Affordable Health Care process, services, discussions and strategic planning is all about.

In order for the city of Milwaukee, not Greater Milwaukee - In order for Milwaukeeans to forge a population health care model for improving "health care" and "driving down cost", the process is a joke.

The formation look too much like the status quo strangled-hold that is already so common in Milwaukee and has rendered the majority population (African American and other People of Color) "sterile and resource-starved".

Instead of Walker providing leadership, he has provided continued divisiveness.

He is on Kudlow with bogus "talking points", that speaks to his separate scheme to get low income individuals covered through his plan. Listen to nonsensical and flawed thinking.

The plan is the Affordable Health Care Law.  His plan should have come in the compliance "benchmarks"

and Medicare Expansion.  What's the re-inventing the wheel craziness?

PolitiFact
Visit PolitiFact by the Journal Sentinel of Milwaukee and see how Governor Walker is viewed.

You can fool some of the people all the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all the time. - Abe Lincoln, 16th President

If you live in Wisconsin and have some reality of the truth and what Walker has done since being in office you know that he is running fast and hard to try to escape his dismal record of leadership.  His wild promises that included "jobs".  He has truly disgraced the office of Governor of the state with the number of in-your-face "missing funds", hiring people with little to NO experience to key positions and leaving the appearance of conflict of interest and campaign payback.  His Wisconsin 2011 Act 10 that took away a sizeable leverage of collective bargaining and unions as never seen before, and now pulling the rug from under the vulnerable citizens and taxpayers.  I take issue with the condescending term of "lost lambs" by Kudlow  - who sometimes strays into lack of knowledge.

Stay tuned.