Walker's favorite campaign stump speech is a story about how he got a one dollar sweater at Kohl's-- the store of choice for the Walker clan.
He then transitions into why his economic and tax policy is based on his shopping experience at Kohl's, saying something along the lines of, "yes, you don't have as much of a profit margin on a one dollar sweater, but you make up for it volume... just like my low-tax philosophy brings in more revenue... less is more... blah... blah..."
Of course this is multi-layered tiramisu of all different kinds of stupid.
The whole glorious story is over at The Progressive, but the long and the short of it is that the sweater (of course) wasn't really a dollar and everything else at Kohl's isn't all that great of a deal when you do the math. Kohl's make their money by selling cheap, imported crap and paying their workers poverty wages that are even lower than Wal-Mart. And Kohl's pay no state taxes. And the sweater in question? Made in China.
And the fact that Walker-- governor of a state that is plagued by dropping wages and a rapidly declining manufacturing base-- is not only not condemning, but embracing the Wal-Mart/Kohl's economy that is causing such great harm to his own state and country, is the single biggest reason to derail his mad run for the presidency.
