tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post7150879285404039220..comments2023-10-08T04:12:46.273-05:00Comments on The Political Environment: Briggs & Stratton CEO Urges "Positive" Tone, Then Has A Counter-Productive Meltown HimselfJames Rowenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10203270946492159686noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-85582240070620787102008-01-29T09:28:00.000-06:002008-01-29T09:28:00.000-06:00To: James RowenI posted "Hats off to Briggs". I do...To: James Rowen<BR/>I posted "Hats off to Briggs". I don't dismiss academics. The problem is Michael Rosen is no Milton Friedman. Dr. Friedman understood how the global free market works. Rosen does not. Of course Rosen is still employed at MATC making top Dollar and enjoying a Rolls Royce benefit package. If Rosen lost his job along with the thousands of unemployed manufacturing workers then his Hugo Chavez brand of economics might carry some weight. <BR/>I'll repeat my question: "When will the people wake up and demand a positice business climate".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-50868477912051724132008-01-28T18:38:00.000-06:002008-01-28T18:38:00.000-06:00Did you notice how the unnamed "great-grandson" of...Did you notice how the unnamed "great-grandson" of a Milwaukee Socialist mayor in Shiely's online screed morphed into the mayor's "grandson" in the Journal Sentinel version? The alteration aged Daniel Steininger considerably. Talk about a generational shift!<BR/><BR/>Michael Horne<BR/>www.milwaukeeworld.com<BR/><BR/>P.S. Did you know that Mayor Daniel Webster Ho(r)an's daughter (Daniel Steininger's mother, then a child) dedicated the Holton Viaduct? I am prepared to stand behind my words.Michael Hornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17398194263255490901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-8933567572936811312008-01-28T15:11:00.000-06:002008-01-28T15:11:00.000-06:00Anony#2: I believe you meant to leave your comment...Anony#2: I believe you meant to leave your comment about an academic on this posting:<BR/>http://thepoliticalenvironment.blogspot.com/2008/01/uw-m-prof-conservative-columnist-debate.html<BR/>I would think twice about being dismissive of academics. Did you feel that way about Milton Freedman?James Rowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10203270946492159686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-41939504645067420712008-01-28T14:35:00.000-06:002008-01-28T14:35:00.000-06:00Anony#2:I would not take too much stock what someo...Anony#2:<BR/><BR/>I would not take too much stock what someone in the "educational world" has to say about "real world" problems. From reading his blog, he thinks the best solution to every problem seems to be be tax and spend, which seems to be the mantra of every liberal in Wisconsin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-22263787669682224952008-01-28T14:04:00.000-06:002008-01-28T14:04:00.000-06:00Hats off to Briggs CEO John Shiely for telling it ...Hats off to Briggs CEO John Shiely for telling it like it is. I've often asked myself why Wisconsin's unionized workers, voters, and politicians can not seem to get a grip on the reality of global competition. For decades the citizens southeastern Wisconsin have watched manufacturing companies founded in the Milwaukee area expand in other states and other countries. Of course we can all see the poverty created by the de-industrialization of Milwaukee. And yet here we are in 2008 with the chairman of the economics dept. at MATC still blaming CEOs. Will the people ever wake up and demand a positive business climate??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-56408671439083293432008-01-28T12:33:00.000-06:002008-01-28T12:33:00.000-06:00Shiely is right. The business climate in Wisconsi...Shiely is right. The business climate in Wisconsin is terrible. As a small business owner I an considering moving my business out of Wisconsin. I just see the tax climate and business regulations getting worse. There are many states who want me to move my company there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com