Most of the bills that Walker's cronies are rushing through legislature don't create jobs.

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Jobless “Jobs” Agenda Hurting Wisconsin

As Scott Walker continues to roll out his corporate agenda at an unprecedented pace and the mainstream media struggles to keep up, you can count on Citizen Action of Wisconsin to track Walker's moves and provide an honest assessment of the impact on Wisconsin.

At a press conference at the State Capitol Tuesday, workers, consumers and advocates sent an emergency SOS out across Wisconsin to bring attention to the damage Walkers so-called "jobs" agenda will do to Wisconsin.

The series of Walker-initiated bills that have been enacted or are speeding through the state legislature with minimal public scrutiny create few if any jobs, and actually ADD over $130 million to the state deficit!

This will lead to even deeper more cuts in state public services we rely on, harm average people by shielding nursing homes and large corporations from responsibility for wrongdoing, and strip out even basic consumer protections such as common sense auto insurance standards. Additional legislation will reduce public accountability for government spending of Wisconsin's economic development dollars, and undermine previously guaranteed worker protections such as Family Medical Leave.

Will you take action NOW to tell your State Representative and State Senator that you want a real job creation agenda, not a series of giveaways to corporate interests that care only about their profits? Click here to send your email now!

Most of the bills that Walker's cronies in the State Legislature are rushing through have no direct connection to jobs, and the ones that come closest are actually costly corporate tax breaks that are too small to encourage job creation. According to the Legislative Fiscal Bureau, the tax credit for companies moving to Wisconsin only provides $2700 per year, which is not enough even for one person to relocate let alone an entire business. The so-called "tax credit for job creation" only provides between a $79 and $269 net credit per job, not nearly enough to encourage job creation. Yet the initiatives will cost millions of dollars that could of have been used to fund real job creation measures.

Wisconsin needs deserve a Governor who will at least try to promote actual job creation, or at least agree to job-creation accountability standards for new laws he claims will create jobs!

Click here to email your Rep and Senator NOW and demand real job creation and accountability, not protections for corporate crooks.

"I used to have an honest job making a good wage,” said Dwight Strinckland, an unemployed worker from Milwaukee on Tuesday at the Capitol. “I worked hard and did my job well, I was happy. Now I am unemployed and cannot find work. I am out there every day looking for work. I got four children and am struggling to support them. The only place hiring is in the suburbs - and since there is no adequate transportation, those jobs aren't accessible to me. Scott Walker needs to address real jobs issues like these."

Click here to take action now to support people like Dwight who are ready to work and need a Governor focused on the needs of Wisconsin families, not big business and special interests like the corporate health insurance companies.

[dragonlady]

1. Same as at the federal level

What Mr. Strinckland says in your quote is quite true. But if Walker didn't address, for example, the transportation issue in Milwaukee when he was supposedly representing the citizens there, he's not likely to do it now after Milwaukee County didn't support him in the election. (Sigh.)