Higher business rankings have nothing to do with everyday
citizens. It reflects the size and breadth of corporate welfare and
deregulation. It’s not exactly “free market” stuff here, since the Walker
administration is merely purging the old system and replacing
it with regulatory protections...for big business.
Wisconsin ranks as the 32nd best state for business according to Forbes Magazine … Last year it ranked 41st.
Of course, the ranking has nothing to do with an actual
increase in jobs or businesses. It has everything to do with corporate tax cuts,
lower wages, irresponsible deregulation, and whatever it is that they call “economic
climate.”
The ranking is based on performance in six categories — business costs, labor supply, regulatory environment, economic climate, growth prospects and quality of life … the state ranking 18th in the future growth category. Wisconsin has improved its ranking in the regulatory and economic climate categories.
There’s one category we’re losing ground on fast, quality of
life. You’d think with concealed carry and cuts to education we’d be headed in
the other direction, but…
Its business costs and labor force rankings remain about the same as in past years. It's quality of life ranking has fallen from the top 10 in several previous years to 17th.
What, do you think businesses actually care about creating jobs or making a better product? HAH!
ReplyDeleteAll the corporates care about is PROFITS, and they don't care about what happens to their workers or their communities in the process. Even with that increase, they list the state's labor supply at 37th- and I'm sure cutting wages and education funding won't do much to raise that stat.
On my travels, I seem to see an upswing in prison labor. I have no way of corroborating this. Perhaps someone has a source?
ReplyDeleteYou're right about prison labor being used more often now. I'll see what I can do if I ever get the time.
ReplyDeleteIf we are 17th I can't imagine how even more awful life is in the remaining states.
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