MJS Campaigns for Barrett

Well, the MJS has outdone itself in trying to smear Walker, but let’s take a closer look. 

Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker inaccurately described the state’s health care program for the poor this week - saying it was originally a temporary program when in fact it never was.

Walker, a Republican running for governor, in a debate Wednesday also said the program, called BadgerCare Plus, faces “all kinds of fraud and abuse,” but rampant fraud has not been identified.

and Walker’s excuse…

Walker said he improperly described BadgerCare Plus because candidates have to give short answers in debates. He said Thursday he opposed Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle’s slight loosening of time limits on Wisconsin Works, or W-2, the state’s welfare-to-work program. He said he believed allowing people to receive benefits longer had the effect of keeping people on BadgerCare Plus longer, and that was the point he was trying to make in the debate.

It’s a pretty lame excuse, but let’s get real… government welfare programs, including BadgerCare Plus, have a long history of fraud and abuse.  It’s not exactly a stretch.  The fact that “fraud has not been identified” means that nobody is looking.  Again… finding fraud in a government handout program is not hard if one is willing to look. 

The MJS has long since past any sense of notion that they are unbiased observers.  It’s rather shameless. 

If anything, this is closer to a true criticism:

Former U.S. Rep. Mark Neumann, Walker’s opponent in the Sept. 14 Republican primary, said he wanted to take $810 million meant for a high-speed rail line from Milwaukee to Madison and use the money for tax cuts. But that money has been earmarked by Congress for rail and state officials have repeatedly said if Wisconsin doesn’t take the money it will go to another state for its rail projects.