Scott Walker: “We've got 3% unemployment, the economy. The only other time…”

“How do you respond? Well, that's just it. They say it's making it harder to get government assistance. We say it's simple. It's about getting a job. We've got 3% unemployment, the economy. The only other time in the history of Wisconsin that we have unemployment at 3%. That low was when Tommy Thompson was our governor back in the 1990s. He was a leader not just here in Wisconsin, but nationally in welfare reform for exactly the same reason we're pushing it right now.” (00:54–01:00)

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