Don't Confuse Me With the Facts

Take a look at the following map. Without knowing the indicator that it is measuring, how is Wisconsin doing? It appears to me that Wisconsin has less of whatever is being measured.

It comes from the on-line USDA rural and small town atlas, and illustrates data from the U.S. Census American Community Survey. See: http://www.ers.usda.gov/data/ruralatlas/atlas.htm#map

This might surprise you.

The map illustrates the percentage of employment which is government employment (2005-2009)

How could that be. Governor Walker has declared that the entire map of Wisconsin should be dark purple (greater than 13.5%). Why isn't Dane County dark purple? Aren't we trying to "stick it to Madison". Equally important, many of those government workers in counties like Dane, don't live in Dane County. See: http://www.socialexplorer.com/pub/blog/?p=789

I know what Scott Walker is thinking. "Please don't confuse me with the facts, my head is going to explode, this can't be right". Government employment is spiraling out of control.

Not exactly:

As Mark Twain used to say, "It's not what you don't know that get's you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just 'aint so"