Tag: job creation

Data has always been putty to be molded by propagandists into informational power.  Through the inclusion of irrelevant data or the exclusion of relevant data, these students of Stalin use the data to fabricate a “reality.”  They rely on the obfuscatory possibilities afforded by rows and rows of numbers, complex charts,…

John Harvey asks a darn good one, too. Why on earth, in a period of chronic unemployment, would we purposely set out to lower the spending of a major sector in the macroeconomy? Where do President Obama and Congressman Ryan think the businesses where government money was spent will make…

According to the Journal-Sentinel, 500 Frontier Airlines Employees based in the Milwaukee area are set to be released into the wild. Frontier Airlines will cut nearly 500 Milwaukee employees – nearly half of them flight crew members based at Mitchell International Airport – as a result of a major service…

Businesses expand and contract for one simple reason: demand.  All the voodoo supply-side nonsense the right spouts, all that crap about regulations or taxes, or “confidence” is just pure, unadulterated bunk.  Companies don’t hire new workers because of a loose regulatory climate.  The hire because there is demand for their…

Ask a Republican why the Bush tax cuts didn’t create any jobs and this is the kind of answer you get.

GENERAC announced those 400+ job opportunities at their Whitewater plant back when Governor Walker visited and this was touted as a “big win” for Walker and the GOP Jobs Machine.  But you might want to hold off on that victory lap, Governor.  At least 300 of those jobs are only temporary.

Warning to those who demand small government, some assembly is required.

Yesterday the Republican Governors Association issued a press release attacking Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Barrett’s record on job creation as Mayor of Milwaukee, and along with the press release, the RGA came out with an ad attacking Barrett’s record on job creation. The only problem with the RGA’s attack on…

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Barrett has a detailed plan to “Put Madison on a Diet” and save more than $1 billion, a number which represents about half of the projected state budget deficit for the next governor. The response from the Republican gubernatorial candidates? Crickets. As WisPolitics reports, “Neumann and…

Yesterday the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 388, which represents electrical workers in 15 counties throughout Central and Northern Wisconsin, announced it had endorsed Henry Sanders, Jr. for Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor. In making the endorsement, IBEW Local 388 Business Manager Dave Northrup issued a statement saying, “We need a…