Submitted by Illinoisnoki1 on Wed, 12/07/2011 - 16:58

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Posted at Huffington Post 12/ 5/11

Nah, Nah, Nah.  Looks like Wisconsin Governor Walker's appeal to business isn't as good as he thought. 

Illinois Up 30,000, Wisconsin down 7,900 jobs. 

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn finally has some political ammunition to use the next time Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker mocks the Land of Lincoln's economy. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Illinois added the most jobs in the nation in October, while Wisconsin saw a "significant decline" in employment.

As the Capitol Fax Blog pointed out Monday, Wisconsin lost 9,700 jobs in October compared with their September numbers. The report came out just weeks after Walker, who eliminated collective bargaining rights in his state by saying it would improve the state's economy, spoke at Chicago's Union League Club about his alleged success "taking on powerful political interests" in Wisconsin.

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