Earlier today, WisBusiness ran a story on the state budget which featured the following about and from Sen. Ted Kanavas (R-Brookfield):
In a letter to constituents on his website, he labeled the spending plan “nothing short of a job killing, taxpayer harming, disaster of a budget, complete with billions of dollars in new taxes and fees” that will force companies to leave Wisconsin.
He wrote of a recent meeting with a Milwaukee-area business attorney who specifically mentioned “Doyle’s budget” as the reason why two executives he knows are making plans to move their firms to the Texas, which Kanavas said has a much friendlier business climate.
“People have to take a long hard look at the policies being pursued in Madison and realize they just don’t work,” he wrote.
“Our state is going to experience a net out-migration of producers and a net in-migration of people who are more dependent on government. We are killing our economy and our future.
“If we don’t change and change soon, I may bump into my lawyer friend again, but it just might be in Texas,” he said.
In response, the Democratic Party of Wisconsin issued this inane press release (via WisPolitics):
CONTACT: Jason A. Stephany, 608-260-2405, jasons@wisdems.org
MADISON – Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Mike Tate today released the following statement in response to reports that Senator Ted Kanavas’ may soon move to Texas.
“Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.”
Meanwhile, Briggs & Stratton announced today that it is closing its Watertown and Jefferson facilities, moving the headquarters from Jefferson to Wauwatosa and moving the production at both facilities to facilities in the Southeast. That will result in 530 jobs departing Wisconsin, with only 90-100 workers being offered positions out of state.
Not only is the DPW happy with driving jobs out of Wisconsin, but their leadership team has a serious lack of reading comprehension.
The Republican Party needs to run only one ad in the
20122010 (edited 8:29 pm 7/1/2009, steveegg) gubernatorial campaign. A scroll of all of the companies that have closed down their operations in Wisconsin with a hyphen next to the number of jobs that have left with that company out of Wisconsin over the past 8 years. That list would be extraordinary. Even before this recession, it seems like every week brought new news about companies leaving Jim Doyle’s Wisconsin.“Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.” Punk. He should realize that so many people are leaving, the door doesn’t get a chance to close to hit anyone. Just as importantly, many people are visiting other states to see what conditions are: climatic, taxes and personal freedoms etc.
The city of Milwaukee already consists of the elderly, government employees(who if given the chance would live outside the mess they’ve created)and minorities. Illegals are welcomed here by officials and taking even more jobs as the unemployment rate increases.