Tag: jobs

As the United States has struggled with lock downs, stay at home orders, and other socially and economically disruptive actions taken to prevent the spread of the coronavirus…decisions were made about who is/isn’t an essential worker in an essential business. Obviously health care workers are essential, as are police and…

During what has been one of the historically strong recoveries from the Great Recession…former Governor Scott Walker never did reach his promise to create 250,000 jobs in Wisconsin…not in the promised four years…not in the eight years of his two terms. I never did think it was even possible given…

During his State of the Union speech last night, the president was reportedly gloating about 100 consecutive months of improved employment numbers. But he has only been president for 24 months…he needs to give someone else credit for those previous 76: Just sayin’!

First there was the campaign promise to create 250,000 jobs in Wisconsin during his first term…didn’t happen during his eight years in office. Then he gave away the farm to Foxconn for 13,000 new jobs. Looking at the news the last few days…ain’t a gonna happen.

Oh wait….what? Apparently the demise of her own fashion line was incredibly timely…just sayin: From yesterday’s White House email: Back in the day this would have been incredibly hypocritical…having a business that imported all of its products from overseas…while touting employing Americans. And just because she shut down her business…

Earlier this month I asked where Governor Scott Walker was on tariffs that were having a negative impact on businesses in that great state Open for Business Wisconsin: Where Is Governor Walker On Tariffs And International Trade? There were several articles linked and quoted in my blog post, but one…

Bon-Ton identifies stores it plans to close, including 9 in Wisconsin. Kimberly-Clark closing two Wisconsin plants, cutting 600 jobs Saputo Cheese closing Fond du Lac plant; 120 jobs to be lost

Not a bad year Under President Donald J. Trump, nearly 1.7 million new jobs have been created. 159,000 jobs have been added in the manufacturing industry. Another 57,000 have been created in mining and logging. The unemployment rate is its lowest in nearly 17 years. And GDP growth topped 3…

Since mankind’s very first attempt at commerce when Ogg traded five perch to Brux for two venison steaks, we’ve all known that as the demand for a good or service increases, the price increases until the supply meets the demand. Doesn’t usually matter what we are talking about: gold, real…

Whoops…from my new subscription to the Your 1600 Daily e-newsletter…President Donald Trump is touting recent job growth…one of the indicators he’s showing includes jobs in healthcare. If the American Health Care Act passes…what are the chances that jobs in healthcare plummet?