Wisconsinites, and fellow Minnesotans and Illinoisans attending school here, have become increasingly aware of Scott Walker, the governor of Wisconsin, who recently dropped out of the presidential race after only two months. His infamous budget cuts to the UW school system raised a lot of outcry. Despite this, Walker also received praises from supporters, leading him to pursue this campaign in next years’ presidential race.

On July 13^th, Walker announced his bid to become the country’s next president. Fear raced into the hearts of Liberals everywhere while hope and happiness surged in Republican supporters. Locals knew his dodgy past, including a recall where he just barely kept his position, beating Tom Barrett by only 7% in the polls. The recall followed the Wisconsin 10 Act, which all but disestablished collective bargaining rights for unions.

Personally, I find myself admiring Walker’s tenacity in office. He’s shown a lot of determination, especially in light of the constant stream of criticism aimed at him. That being said, does his past show whether Walker stands for the people of America? He’s a college dropout of Marquette University, and perhaps because of this, sees the school system with a jaded perspective. Not much is known about why he dropped out, especially since he did so during his senior year with little to no reason known to the public. It seems a little bit on the sketchy side.

Walker’s reasoning for massive budget cuts to the Wisconsin school systems shows his lack of support for the next generation of working people. He’s shown passion for the working person, in regards to his support of the right-to-work, but this support seems to be aimed only at laborers. His aims seem to be to even out the disparity of college educated citizens and laborers without four year degrees. While a balance is needed in the economy, stripping away the much needed financial support for educational institutions isn’t an efficient way to do so. It effectively causes less university hopefuls to be able to go to school, instead pushing them directly into the workforce. Many of these jobs do not have adequate pay or benefits, let alone provide satisfaction to those working them.

Instead of supporting the university school system, Walker instead proposed giving $250 million of taxpayers’ money to build a new Milwaukee Bucks Stadium. While it is possible that the stadium could help revitalize the team and build economic stability, the Bucks were the worst team in the NBA in 2014. There’s also been a lot of talk about relocation, which would render Walker’s support null.

There are a variety of other factors that Walker doesn’t support, including women’s rights, civil rights, and certain environmental issues in regards to energy sources. Despite this, everyone is entitled to their own opinion on whether Walker has been successful as the Wisconsin governor. However, there’s no denying that his success obviously just wasn’t enough, and there is no possibility of Scott Walker being the next United States president.