Senate Passes CORE Jobs Act

Sully, this is a start and I give you some credit. However, this is like pouring a glass of water into an ocean. Wisconsin is so far behind the successful states that it isn't even funny. I do business all around the country and Wisconsin is an afterthought in every conversation when it comes to start-ups and major expansions. Our tax rates, regulations, debt and political climate are infamous. Perhaps Wisconsin will wake from it's deep sleep and see what is starting to happen in the rest of the country. This week is a small, but positive step.

There's always more to a story than meets the eye.

Am I the only one wondering why one Senator voted NO on this bill? There's got to be a reason it was a 32-1 vote instead of a 33-0 vote, don't you think? Maybe it's a good reason. Maybe not. Maybe there's something that lone Senator knows that is not immediately obvious to everybody else. Maybe not.

So many questions, so few answers.

Here you go, SOM, From the JS:

The Democrat's bill is "small potatoes" because it throws tiny amounts of money at 14 different programs, said Sen. Glenn Grothman (R-West Bend), the lone senator who voted against the bill.

Grothman and other Republicans encouraged the majority party to take a bigger-picture approach to what they say is an environment that spurns business.

"I hope you guys go back in your caucus and ask yourselves what big steps can we do to increase the business climate in this state," Grothman said.

Grothman essentially took a stand of, "cut taxes and spending, or I won't support your bill."

If Sully was serious about growing jobs he would recommend cutting taxes instead of the bait and switch games of tax credits that do not increase jobs. Count down the number of days that we have with this clown until Leah comes to save us.

Thanks for posting that info, Padraig.

ALL Senators tend to cast meaningless votes like this from time to time, simply to draw attention to some other message they want to send. If Grothman had voted YES, then the paper wouldn't have sought him out to get a comment about it.

I'm sure that things like the new 'Combined Reporting' provision enacted by (D) Jim Doyle and the Democratic Legislature as part of the last budget is something that Grothman is trying to highlight. It was a cheap ploy, but both sides do it.

"Our area is already becoming a high-tech hub"

Well Sully, let's restate it a bit more honestly: we have finally reached the mouth of our cave and daylight is in sight!

It will be several decades before the greater Milwaukee area can lay claim to being a 'high-tech hub'. Assuming that we continue to stress it as a goal.

At any rate, assuming that you actually understood what you were voting for - I personally doubt it - Kudos.

And of course, Peace!

The Medical College (in the 5th District) has some innovative programs and bio-medical/engineering/mechanical potential for the future. MSOE, Marquette, UW-M and other colleges and universities are striving to produce programs and development which bring a tech economy to the Milwaukee area. Madison, admittedly a Research University town, has a thriving high tech corridor and a highly trained, educated workforce.

I was (and probably still am) optimistic about the 5th District’s ability to attract those types of businesses as well as R&D until I read (with HORROR AND DISGUST) today’s posting by Kyle Prast in BrookfieldNOW. Hopefully, no high tech business person reads her little “ditty” and believes it is reflective of our “educated” workforce.

Only a mind entrapped by the 20th century provincialism that is called West Allis could be horrified and disgusted by someone sharing the tenants of their faith with others.

I understand atheism. But I have never understood those of its porcine adherents so filled with their own hubris as to reduce them to pugnacious popinjays when faced with simple Christian virtue.

Believe me, learned men and women who direct the hi tech industry starting to sprout up in the area may work in West Allis, but they certainly don't live there. As a matter of fact, they are much more likely to prefer living near Kyle Prast than they are living near anything named Allis.

Peace!

Tenets, not tenants. I'm just sayin'...

HEH! HEH! HEH!

To my way of thinking, there are "Christians", there are " 'the world is only 6,000 years old' Christians" and then there are " 'the world is only 6,000 years old' Christians" who feel the need to have that belief and all that usually goes with it dictate public policy. I'm fine with the first two, not so much with the last one. Kyle Prast represents a voice that has a rightful place among these blogs. I'm willing to bet, however, that most of the entrepreneurs involved in growing high-tech industries are not among the third group of Christians I mention, and probably not the second, either. Most of them are probably in the first group.