Friday, February 19, 2010

Message From The Walker Campaign

Unfortunately, it came on the Milwaukee County website. Isn't there a law against using government property for campaigning?
The public learned this week that a Spanish manufacturing company will be coming to Milwaukee. This is good news because it brings more jobs to our area. A closer look should impact our future decisions when it comes to taxes. The big incentive for them to come here was tax credits - from the federal and state governments.

This is particularly true when one considers the high tax and fee burden in the City of Milwaukee. The credits help to offset that burden.

For years, I have made the point that if we reduce the cost of doing business in our region (in particular, the cost of taxes), it will lead to more jobs. An overall lower tax burden would be good for all of our residents and small businesses - and not just for a large Spanish manufacturing company.

Scott
I wonder how long Mark Neumann or Tom Barrett are going to tolerate Walker using County property for his campaign.

7 comments:

  1. Even with "lower" taxes, though 2/3 of corporations in Wisconsin pay $0 in income tax, incentives would of still been on the table. Further, the company and site selection company indicate it was Talent that was the key in their decision making process.

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  2. You mean it wasn't Barrett's negotiating that brought those jobs here?

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  3. Van Hollen has posted the same press release on both his campaign and state websites.

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  4. Who pushed the fact that we have those assets? Certainly wasn't Walker, who was attending $1000 dinners and telling people Wisconsin sucks.

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  5. I don't recall Walker ever saying that Wisconsin sucks.

    Listen, Capper, if 10% unemployment and a $6 billion budget deficit hit Wisconsin under the watch of a Republican governor, you better believe you would be singing the tune that Wisconsin is in horrible shape.

    Walker has legitimate gripes about the direction that Wisconsin is going. The fact is that Wisconsin is one of the worst places to do business in the nation. I believe there are only 7 states that are worse than us. That's not something to be proud of and bring jobs to Wisconsin and keeping them here is not the expertise of Democrats. If you want a state that is friendly to businesses, then elect a Republican.

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  6. It is true that the state economy is not a pretty thing right now. But considering Milwaukee County's unemployment is higher than the state average, and percentage-wise, Walker's deficit is just as big as the state, I don't see how anyone would think he can fix it. We would only end up with a bigger deficit and a worse off infrastructure.

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  7. Corrections to arod (above):

    1) CNBC in 2009 ranks Wisconsin 26th for business based on:
    - Cost of Doing Business
    - Workforce
    - Quality of Life
    - Economy
    - Transportation
    - Technology & Innovation
    - Education
    - Business Friendliness
    - Access to Capital
    - Cost of Living
    Not sure where arod gets that "there are only 7 states worse than us." Consistent with the size of our state, Wisconsin is right in the middle of the rankings; pretty much where we've always been.

    2) While Wisconsin's projected deficit for 2010 is $3.1 billion, the 2009 deficit was $942 million. Wisconsin's deficits would be likely be worse under Republican governance because they likely would not have raised revenue to offset deficits.

    3) Unemployment in Wisconsin never reached 10%. It topped out around 9% late last year. (December 2009 it was 8.7%, much better than the national rate of 10%.)

    Facts. You can't beat 'em with a stick.

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