Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker chats with LDV employee Eric Thomas Friday Morning during a visit to the Burlington specialty vehicle outfitter. Walker was in the city to announce that LDV is eligible for up to $107,500 in tax credits through the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. to help the company add 17 new jobs by expanding its manufacturing capacity. Walker made the announcement to LDV employees gathered in the facility’s parking lot flanked by several of its specialty vehicles. He then answered questions for the gathered media, toured the facility and shook hands with employees and visitors as part of his campaign to retain his seat in the June 5 recall election. Walker, a Republican, is opposed by Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, a Democrat. (Photo by Ed Nadolski)
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There he goes again giving tax breaks to those evil corporations like LDV. The Koch brothers are behind all of this in fact they probably own LDV. Those Darn Koch brothers I think they own Halliburton also.
Wisconsin is damn LUCKY to have a govenor like Scott Walker. And Let’s get real the Koch brothers don’t own LDV. Back to your native planet Johnsonrod!
So Walker snuck into town and then quietly left, what a surprise.
LDV is “eligible” for “up to” $107,500 in tax credits to “help” add 17 jobs. But are they adding 17 jobs?
If so I doubt it’s the result of any tax credits that might come from a state that is supposedly “broke”.
The bottom line for any company considering adding jobs is whether it has demand for it’s products that cannot be met with existing staff. That really is the only important consideration when evaluating the cost of additional employees. And if they have the demand, why would they need tax credits from the citizens of Wisconsin? Any manager that made a hiring decision based on tax credits and not demand for their product would be out business or a job in short order.
Consumer demand, it’s the only real “Job Creator”. But when all the economic gains go for decades to the upper few percent in society, demand dies, jobs crumble and tax revenue plummets.
But Walker’s answer is cut cut cut, weakening consumer demand even further in the middle of the Great Republicon Recession, leading to the worst jobs record in the country. While most of the rest of the country added jobs, Wisconsin leads the country in job losses.
Walker said if he didn’t create 250,000 jobs the people of Wisconsin should hold him accountable. Fair enough. Walker’s failed answer is austerity. My answer OUSTerity!
Look in the newspaper – LDV is always hiring.
John
Sarcasm my friend. Walker for president.
Sean,
Did Scott Walker say he’d create 250,000 jobs in one year?
Why would a typical business owner take any risk in this state over the past year with all the idiocy happening? When all this B.S. is over then we’ll see how things pan out.
Can you maybe give me an idea of what Tom Barrett is going to do?I’ve heard nothing but bashing but that is all your side is good at.
Dear JJ:
1) No, he said 250,000 in 4 years and he in the hole now and isn’t going to come anywhere close to that promise.
2) A typical business, especially one like LDV with clients beyond Wisconsin, would take a risk because they have demand for their products and if they can’t fulfill that demand, that demand and the profits that go with it will go elsewhere.
3) Tom Barrett will not balance the budget on the backs of middleclass Wisconsinites, thus driving down consumer demand in the middles of the great Republicon Recession. Driving down demand (the ONLY “Job Creator”)during a deep recession, while handing out big tax-breaks to the rich, that they just pocket is just plain dumb and counter-productive pandering.
Barrett will not balance the budget period. I don’t see my public employee neighbors spending less these days. Why would they there are still doing just fine. They now pay a little towards their benefits, still less than me but hey its something.
You keep telling yourself this B.S. and eventually it’ll come true correct?