Bad Deeds Special: Worst Governors in America

Cast your vote for the worst here.

Gov. Scott Walker
Wisconsin
Eliminated collective bargaining rights for most public employees
Enacted laws restricting voting rights
Passed a budget that cuts services and gives tax breaks to the wealthy
Turned down funding for high speed rail

Gov. Tom Corbett
Pennsylvania
Pushed budget with huge cuts to education
Refuses to tax wealthy natural gas drillers
Demanding state workers take pay cuts

Gov. Chris Christie
New Jersey
Cut $820 million from education
Signed bill removing healthcare from collective bargaining
Failed to pay into public pension funds

Gov. Rick Snyder
Michigan
Signed fiscal emergency bill that lets appointed manager take over local governments, dismiss elected officials, and cancel contracts
Sold off state property
Increased pension costs for public workers

Gov. Rick Scott
Florida
Wants to cut $4 billion in spending while lowering taxes for the rich
Increased retirement costs for state workers
Gave back billions of dollars for high speed rail
Attacking teachers and their unions

Gov. John Kasich
Ohio
Passed union busting law that restricts collective bargaining for public workers, bans strikes, and eliminates binding arbitration
Proposed a budget that would allow any service to be privatized
Publicly called a police officer who pulled him over an idiot

Gov. Rick Perry
Texas
Passed budget with $15 billion in cuts
Slashed education funding and laid off teachers
Signed voter ID bill making it harder for the elderly and students to vote

Gov. Paul LePage
Maine
Told the NAACP to “kiss my butt”
Removed a mural from the Department of Labor because he claimed it was too pro-worker
Trying to abolish child labor laws
Cutting taxes while slashing public services

Gov. Jan Brewer
Arizona
Cut children’s healthcare
Passed dangerous anti-immigrant law
Signed law limiting unions political activity

Regards,

Jim