The Many Levels To Wrong-Way Walker's WEDC Scandal
It seems today that Governor Scott Walker and GOP gubernatorial re-election candidate Scott Walker had a discussion with WEDC/jobs' agency Chairman Scott Walker and now wants Walker Walker Walker to stop lending state money or giving tax breaks to companies that are sending jobs to other countries on the Walkers' watch.
The message seems to be: Hey, cut it out - - you're making all of us look bad.
So to bring you up to date - - and here is one summary post - - It has been established that the job-creation agency Walker founded, touted and chairs (The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, or WEDC), has been subsidizing with public money some big Wisconsin businesses that have been sending jobs overseas.
At the very time that Gov. Walker is only about 40% towards meeting his now-unattainable, signature 250,000 new-jobs' pledge, and also while the state's job-creation ranking under the various Walkers trails the rate of growth in most of our neighboring states' and has fallen nationally to 37th.
And while executives of some of those companies who are taking state subsidies on Governor and WEDC Chairman Walker's watch while also outsourcing jobs made big donations to candidate Walker's campaign treasury.
Creating so much political blow back that Gov. Walker today is saying that the WEDC run by Chairman Walker should stop lending public money and giving tax breaks to outsourcing businesses.
And while you are wondering how it was that Walker the Governor didn't know about these lending practices, or didn't care about them, or see anything sleazy or counter-productive about what was happening under agency chief Walkers' nose while candidate Walker was flailing about hypocritically for days attacking his opponent for overseas production at a Wisconsin company she left in 2004-'05...
Let's see if we can find a comparison?
Suppose after a search you hired a mechanic to fix the truck you use for business.
You hired this particular mechanic because he had convincing advertisements and recommendations in your local newspaper and he convincingly promised to make your truck run better, and more profitably, by adding new parts that would go on your tab.
As part of a bigger plan to help your business and everyone else's, too.
You said, well OK, that's a good use of my money - - to make my truck run better and my business more profitable and make the big picture even brighter.
So how would you feel if your truck kept stalling and you discovered by reading in the newspaper that the mechanic had actually been shipping those truck parts to competitors, and some of them were sending your mechanic thank-you checks, too.
If you had any chance of overcoming the mechanic's double-dealing you'd fire him and demand a refund for the money you'd made available for better parts and that overall, big picture plan.
And if the mechanic came around again looking for more work, you'd say "no way."
Because, really, how else are you going to stay open for business?
Originally posted at Purple Wisconsin.
The message seems to be: Hey, cut it out - - you're making all of us look bad.
So to bring you up to date - - and here is one summary post - - It has been established that the job-creation agency Walker founded, touted and chairs (The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, or WEDC), has been subsidizing with public money some big Wisconsin businesses that have been sending jobs overseas.
At the very time that Gov. Walker is only about 40% towards meeting his now-unattainable, signature 250,000 new-jobs' pledge, and also while the state's job-creation ranking under the various Walkers trails the rate of growth in most of our neighboring states' and has fallen nationally to 37th.
And while executives of some of those companies who are taking state subsidies on Governor and WEDC Chairman Walker's watch while also outsourcing jobs made big donations to candidate Walker's campaign treasury.
Creating so much political blow back that Gov. Walker today is saying that the WEDC run by Chairman Walker should stop lending public money and giving tax breaks to outsourcing businesses.
And while you are wondering how it was that Walker the Governor didn't know about these lending practices, or didn't care about them, or see anything sleazy or counter-productive about what was happening under agency chief Walkers' nose while candidate Walker was flailing about hypocritically for days attacking his opponent for overseas production at a Wisconsin company she left in 2004-'05...
Let's see if we can find a comparison?
Suppose after a search you hired a mechanic to fix the truck you use for business.
You hired this particular mechanic because he had convincing advertisements and recommendations in your local newspaper and he convincingly promised to make your truck run better, and more profitably, by adding new parts that would go on your tab.
As part of a bigger plan to help your business and everyone else's, too.
You said, well OK, that's a good use of my money - - to make my truck run better and my business more profitable and make the big picture even brighter.
So how would you feel if your truck kept stalling and you discovered by reading in the newspaper that the mechanic had actually been shipping those truck parts to competitors, and some of them were sending your mechanic thank-you checks, too.
If you had any chance of overcoming the mechanic's double-dealing you'd fire him and demand a refund for the money you'd made available for better parts and that overall, big picture plan.
And if the mechanic came around again looking for more work, you'd say "no way."
Because, really, how else are you going to stay open for business?
Originally posted at Purple Wisconsin.
2 comments:
Your post is just sick -- now "liberals" and "progressives" are suppose to support outsourcing jobs -- even if it means to potentially slave labor!
This voter is going to stay home in November -- better we let walker complete his divide and conquer than allow the left to become a more-effective advocate for multinational corporations and global trade policies designed to destroy the working class.
Until people vote in their economic best interests, we are not going to see any change -- burke/walker in charge?
Both are corporate apologizes willing to shove working Americans into poverty.
Anony 6:50 is very confused. Talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face...
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