Scott Walker’s idiotic comment about $144,000 not being “real money” has attracted a lot of attention, but one aspect of the statement has been overlooked;
“…my wife in some ways would love it if I’d go back to the private sector and make some real money.”
There is no private sector for Scott Walker to go “back” to. He’s been governor for a year, was county executive for eight years, served in the state legislature for ten years before that and spent the early 90′s working for the Red Cross, following his dropout from Marquette University. The closest Scott Walker has come to the private sector in his adult life (besides taking their money to do their bidding) was a part-time stint with IBM while in college.
Of course untrue statements coming from Walker are the norm (see: capper and Jud Lounsbury).
While I’m doing shout-outs I better acknowledge my fellow Jim, who beat me to the punch by a couple hours. Hey, I was busying working at one of those “private sector” things our governor has so little experience with. Maybe that’s why Wisconsin was shedding jobs for six months straight?
I get so tired of you liberals besmirsching the character of Scooter. I’m sure he believes that he could go back to someplace he’s never been before and make a lot of real money. Look, a lot of his supporters are private sector whizzes. Why couldn’t he be one of them, too? They give him money, for crying out loud. He’s gotta be like them. The poor fellow has not been in touch with reality for as long as I’ve heard about him.