Scott Walker rips Illinois at CPAC

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker just finished speaking with Don Wade & Roma on WLS-AM. He talked about his reforms, as well as his basketcase neighbor, Illinois.

Walker also spoke at CPAC over the weekend, these comments were read by Wade:

Contrast that with my neighbor to the south. There is no greater example of the failed policies we are running against than the mess we see in Illinois.

Last year, Governor Quinn proudly proclaimed that they were not going to do things like Wisconsin. Clearly, they did not. Their actions only made matters worse.

They raised taxes by 67% on individuals and 46% on businesses. That might explain why they dropped 40 spots during the past five years on the same poll that showed Wisconsin up 17 spots in one year alone.

Recently, Moody's downgraded Illinois' bond rating to the lowest in the nation. The Pew Center says Illinois' pension system is the worst-funded in the country. And their unemployment rate is 9.8%.

UPDATE 2:10pm: Illinois Review has video of Walker's address.

Quinn collected over $5 million in campaign contributions from public-sector unions for his 2010 campaign. And just last week Caterpillar, one of Illinois' biggest private-sector employees. decided not to build a new factory in Illinois, citing the "business climate and overall fiscal health of the state."

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