
Martha Laning: Foxconn deal needs to be good for all of Wisconsin
Let’s bring jobs to Wisconsin, but let’s make sure the final deal is a good one for all of Wisconsin.
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Let’s bring jobs to Wisconsin, but let’s make sure the final deal is a good one for all of Wisconsin.

It feels like we’re putting down an enormous, risky bet without a statewide economic plan for growth in place, which just doesn’t feel like the Wisconsin way.


The Foxconn deal merely epitomizes more of the same: tax breaks and handouts for corporate cronies and the wealthy. Meanwhile, the financial burden of these incentives continues to be shouldered squarely on the backs of working-class and poor families.

Each job created could cost the state anywhere from $17,273 to $54,159 per year.

Baldwin is upset that a judicial nomination by President Trump did not receive the super-majority support of a bipartisan judicial commission set up by her and Johnson. However, Baldwin is ignoring her own history when she bypassed the process and sent eight names to President Obama.
A recently published paper from the Institute for New Economic Thinking reveals that the big drug companies have spent more on share buybacks and dividends during the last 10 years than they did on research and development.

The voucher sector in Milwaukee is growing stronger and better. Quality overall is improving. Many of the private schools are doing more to get their act together.
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State Sen. Kathleen Vinehout said she expects to make an announcement in September on whether she will run for governor in 2018. “I’m out there testing the waters, and I can tell you that the waters are getting warmer,” she

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Let’s bring jobs to Wisconsin, but let’s make sure the final deal is a good one for all of Wisconsin.

It feels like we’re putting down an enormous, risky bet without a statewide economic plan for growth in place, which just doesn’t feel like the Wisconsin way.


The Foxconn deal merely epitomizes more of the same: tax breaks and handouts for corporate cronies and the wealthy. Meanwhile, the financial burden of these incentives continues to be shouldered squarely on the backs of working-class and poor families.

Each job created could cost the state anywhere from $17,273 to $54,159 per year.

Baldwin is upset that a judicial nomination by President Trump did not receive the super-majority support of a bipartisan judicial commission set up by her and Johnson. However, Baldwin is ignoring her own history when she bypassed the process and sent eight names to President Obama.
A recently published paper from the Institute for New Economic Thinking reveals that the big drug companies have spent more on share buybacks and dividends during the last 10 years than they did on research and development.

The voucher sector in Milwaukee is growing stronger and better. Quality overall is improving. Many of the private schools are doing more to get their act together.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Access the mobile version of the News Summary: https://www.wispolitics.com/2017/mon-news-summary-wachs-announces-guv-bid-baldwin-on-brennan-nomination/ **************************************** With the health care industry facing big changes, track developments here and in DC through the new Health Care Report from WisPolitics.com and WisBusiness.com. If y… Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t

State Sen. Kathleen Vinehout said she expects to make an announcement in September on whether she will run for governor in 2018. “I’m out there testing the waters, and I can tell you that the waters are getting warmer,” she said on Sunday’s “UpFront with Mike Gousha,” produced in partnership

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Dem state Rep. Dana Wachs formally launched his bid for guv today, writing on his website he’s running because “I love Wisconsin, and we deserve a government — and a Governor — that matches the optimism and values