No Workman’s Comp For First Responders Either.

Just over a week ago, I wrote about the Wisconsin bill to support the state’s residents and businesses during the pandemic. I was pissed because the bill purposely provided workman’s compensation to first responders who got sick with COVID-19 but not medical personnel or other hospital staff. But I totally…

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WMC Proposes New Socialist Programs

The WMC (aka Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce Foundation) is a conservative and very successful business lobbying group who have found ready accomplices in former Governor Scott Walker, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, and Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald over the past several years. Despite supporting the various business tax cuts provided…

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The Irony Around Judge Recusals

This morning’s Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has a little side story to the recent court cases around water pollution resulting from factory farming, particularly large dairy farms housing thousands of cows. It seems one of the judges who recently ruled against big farming has in the past, donated to one of…

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Manufacturers Finally Go To School

Today’s Milwaukee Journal Sentinel featured an article in their business section about the manufacturing center being developed at Arrowhead High School out in Waukesha County. This is something that I’ve advocated for sometime…business leaders getting out of their corner offices and working with educators to provide the education necessary for…

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Conservative business group wants to buy a constitutional amendment in Wisconsin

Last night Ed wrote a great piece about the efforts to change Wisconsin’s constitution as pertains to how our state supreme court’s chief justice is chosen. I wanted to follow up on Ed’s piece to discuss exactly who is behind this effort to change Wisconsin’s constitution, and not surprisingly the…

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WMC Chair’s company lays off 450 workers despite Wisconsin being “open for business”

“Ask a chamber of commerce executive in Wisconsin how the business climate is today, and you’re likely to hear “Wisconsin is open for business.” So starts a puff piece written by Shelley Nelson of the Superior Telegram. Said puff piece gushes about how great the business climate is here in…

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We MUST break up WMC

In 2008, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC) , spent millions electing Michael Gableman to the Supreme Court. Of course, that was helped by an unethical and racist ad that Gableman ran, but he was still bought and paid for by WMC. While the buying of judges is not unheard of,…

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Wisconsin – A Great State for Business?!?!?!

There is a recent article by Chiefexecutive.net where Wisconsin jumped from the 41st best business climate in the U.S. to 24th in a survey of 550 chief executive officers. We all know that if you can\'t trust a CEO, who can you trust really? Then papers like The Beloit Daily…

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A quick time out…

This is a little off the subject of the Union Busting tactics by Scott Walker and the progressive movement he has sparked. This story from CBS is a nice example of the regulation problem of which the WMC and scott walker speaks of. It is very important to de-regulate industries…

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