DPW Blog

Scott Walker's latest ad, "Promises Kept," is a retelling of the same distortions and half-truths that Walker and his echo chamber have been pushing for months. Walker and his Koch Brothers-financed friends, Americans for Prosperity and the MacIver Institute, have spent millions to convince Wisconsinites that "Its Working," but with Wisconsin leading the nation in job loss - six straight months of loss – and a Republican Legislature more focused on banning birth control than providing economic relief for working families, its clear Its NOT Working.

Despite his promise to oppose any and all tax or fee increases, Scott Walker's budget raised taxes on working families to the tune of nearly $70 million, giving Wisconsin the dubious distinction of being one of the only states to raise taxes on their neediest families, according to a study from the nonprofit Center on Budget and Policy Priorities that was reported in the Appleton Post Crescent: