Wednesday, November 05, 2008

Wisconsin Businesses Worried About Democrat Domination

Yeah, I’m worried too. 

The biggest concern of many business leaders is that Democrats would be more inclined than Republicans to raise taxes to reduce the state’s $3 billion-plus budget deficit.

“We’ll see increases in every kind of state tax you can imagine,” said Brad Briney, president of the Independent Business Association of Wisconsin.

Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, which has been at odds with Democrats for years, still hopes to pursue an agenda of improving the state’s economy, said president James Haney.

“We have an interest in creating jobs and getting the economy back on track,” Haney said. “Those aren’t partisan issues.”

The Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce expects to be “playing defense” on a number of its key issues, including school choice, said the association’s lobbyist Steve Baas. On the other hand, Democrats are more likely to support the MMAC’s efforts to establish a regional transit authority to run bus systems and the proposed Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee commuter rail line, he said.

On health care, business and hospital executives expect Democrats to revive a hospital assessment that was proposed by Doyle and failed in the State Assembly last year. The Wisconsin Hospital Association supports the proposal that could bring about $400 million in additional federal money to the state.

(4) Comments
Posted by Owen at 1733 hrs
Economy + Politics + Politics - Wisconsin

  1. What did they expect?  We have had such pathetic leadership and representation the last six years from the GOP, it’s leadership and weenies like Keith Giikes.
      In 40 years I have watched the GOP go down the drain, standing for nothing, accomplishing nothing, doing nothing and that is echoed all around the state.
        The people think that the GOP in the legislature, except for a few, is absolutely worthless.
      Now they are going to replace one worthless leader, like Mike Huebsch, with another worthless leader in Jeff Fitzgerald.  the two Fitzgeralds together could not lead a two car parade. They have not had one good idea since I started watching them
      We might just as well dig our graves now and jump in, save our energy, cause the know-nothings have control of both sides.
      What a joke.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on November 06, 2008 at 0829 hrs


  2. this is news?

    republican hack steve bass is unhappy about
    the dem tidal wave???

    i’m shocked, simply shocked!

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on November 06, 2008 at 1007 hrs


  3. Seems the new-wave GOPs failed to learn the same lesson the Libs haven’t learned….repeat, repeat, repeat ad nauseum “You can’t tax your way to prosperity”.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on November 06, 2008 at 1228 hrs


  4. How smart of them to worry and say something about this AFTER the election instead of blowing the alarm well in advance.

    Dohh!!!

    I often wonder how they find these “leaders” in business advocacy groups. Don’t most of them come from the academic world? I’m just guessing but it seems to make sense.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on November 06, 2008 at 2246 hrs


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