Indiana Democrats and Republicans Debate “Fuzzy Math”

Indiana Democrats and Republicans Debate “Fuzzy Math”

By Abdul Hakim-Shabazz

Indiana Democrats are attacking Governor Mike Pence, saying his assessment of the state’s economy is based on “fuzzy math”.

In a news release issued this week, State Democratic Chairman John Zody said that despite the Governor’s positive pronouncements about the Indiana economy, the state ranks 44th in the nation on economic growth and Hoosiers only make 86 cents for every dollar the average American makes. They also said Indiana ranks near the bottom with other economic indicators such as household income and quality of life.

State GOP Chairman Jeff Cardwell responded with the following…

“Indiana’s unemployment rate has dropped to 5.1 …read more

Via: http://indypolitics.org/2015/07/08/indiana-democrats-and-republicans-debate-fuzzy-math/

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