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Friday, April 20, 2012

Some in Illinois want to follow Scott Walker in to the ditch. « Fred Klonsky

Some in Illinois want to follow Scott Walker in to the ditch. « Fred Klonsky:


Some in Illinois want to follow Scott Walker in to the ditch.


The Illinois Chamber of Commerce invited Wisconsin’s Scott Walker to speak in Springfield on Tuesday. Thousands of union members greeted him with jeers.
The Chamber loves Walker.
Here’s why:

Scott Walker, the Republican governor facing a recall vote in Wisconsin, traveled over the Illinois line to argue that the tax increase backed by his Democratic counterpart Pat Quinn is killing jobs even as the Midwest rebounds from recession.

“Is it any wonder because of choices that were made right here in the state’s