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Blab of Bacon wrote:

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Job losses? Uh....never mind. Wisconsin is actually surging.

http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2012/05/14/wisconsin-dor-chief-economist-explains-the-difference-between-ces-cpslaus-employment/

BigAppleBucky wrote:

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First of all, the -23K figure comes from the BLS - Bureau of Labor Statistics.  That's a pretty damned neutral source. (Report was released April 20, so we might see the April figures  this week and then we can talk about a different set of numbers.)

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/laus.nr0.htm
(Scroll down about 4/5 of the way)

Second, that same report shows Wisconsin with a statistically significant drop in unemployment. From 7.6% to 6.8% which is not a bad figure.
 Some states did better, some worse.

How are the two reconciled? 

The obvious explanation is that people in Wisconsin have been leaving the labor pool. Either they've retired, given up hunting for a job, or moved out of state. (On a net basis, of course)  Probably some of each. Wasn't there a rush out the door last spring by teachers retiring early?  If they weren't replaced that would explain some of the -23K.

But as far as being some kind of lie of propaganda, puhleze, it most definitely was not.

This is there technical note:
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/laus.tn.htm

Basically it says there are a bunch of estimates, that errors are possible, and revisions likely.

Billy Hancock wrote:

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there's jobs in Illinois, there's jobs in Michigan, there's jobs in Iowa and there's jobs in Minnesota...but there ain't shit in Wisconsin