The GOP Slams Our Veterans

By Jeff Simpson 

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The National Republican Senatorial Committee was busy tweeting about how horrible the Democrats are and then felt the need to end this tweet.   Which of course was quickly deleted like it never happened, yet not a single apology.    







For those that do not know, Ms. Duckworth is a Democrat who is currently a Congressman and running for the Senate in IL.   Ms. Duckworth also is a veteran who paid a very heavy price for her country.  



Shows you exactly what the Republican party thinks of veterans that do not follow along the hard red party lines.  It also shows how little they really care about anything but being in power.

Disgusting.  

Scott Walker Currently on Illinois Trade Mission

By Jeff Simpson

Scott Walker, filled his wallet with our tax money and headed to Europe. Scott Walker failed so miserably recently when asked a question on foreign affairs that this is his way to get some street cred.

Headed off to the United Kingdom to work on increasing trade and investment. pic.twitter.com/jwYRU1Scw4
— Governor Walker (@GovWalker) February 8, 2015

The problem with that, Scott Walker is as incompetent in increasing trade as he is in everything else he has done.   Not sure if it is his lack of college degree, or that he just does not understand economics and business at all.

I am almost embarrassed for him as this is what he tweeted:







You would think that being Governor or Wisconsin he would understand that not only is Miller now owned by a joint venture called SAB Miller with the headquarters in London, England, United Kingdom.   To throw salt in our Wisconsin wounds, Miller's regional office left Milwaukee and relocated in Chicago.

It is not trade when a London based company buys beer headquartered in London.   It is also not surprising, that Scott Walker would once again do his best to help out a company not headquartered in Wisconsin.

I know Scott Walker does not care too much about small businesses in Wisconsin but someone might want to advise him that there are plenty of beers actually brewed and headquartered in Wisconsin.

I wonder what Illinois companies Scott Walker will be touting tomorrow?

Bruce Walkner - Scott Raulkner

By Jeff Simpson

Sometimes it is hard to tell the players apart.  

In Illinois there is a gubernatorial race between Incumbent Pat Quinn and 1%er Bruce Rauner.  Rauner, perpetually states his low expectations for his success by letting everyone know his role model is Scott Walker. 

“Rauner says he would model his governorship after those of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and former Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels.” – Associated Press, http://bigstory.ap.org/article/illinois-voters-pick-gop-governor-nominee 

Rauner “calls Scott Walker and Mitch Daniels his political mentors” – National Review, http://www.nationalreview.com/article/373679/illinoiss-scott-walker-eliana-johnson/page/0/1

Chicago Magazine: “Which governors do you admire?” Rauner: “… Scott Walker in Wisconsin has done good things” http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/July-2013/Rauner-Interview/

Now we see that he truly means it:

Rauner said: "We may have to go through rough times. We may have to do what Ronald Reagan did with the air traffic controllers. Sort of have to do a do-over and shut things down for a little while. That's what we're gonna do."

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WEDC Continues Their Incompetence

By Jeff Simpson

For some reason, maybe its ego, the Walker Administration loves to blow our tax money on television ads.  We saw the incredible waste of money that the WI Department of Tourism had with their desire to pump up right wing Hollywood types and play out 30 year old fantasies.  

Now , what might be Governor Walker's biggest failure, Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, has decided to also jump in the - let's waste more taxpayer money on TV ads game.

 The Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. will use close to 10 percent of its $5.75 million annual marketing budget — itself more than triple last year’s $1.5 million budget — for the two ads, which feature brief testimonials from business executives touting the state’s “pro-business climate” and “strong workforce.”

Ignoring the fact that these are just Walker campaign commercials that we the taxpayers are funding(Walker is an expert at using our $$ to get elected), these commercials on their face value are utterly ridiculous. 

Does anyone with an economic clue in their head really think that watching a 30 second silly commercial is all it will take for a company to relocate into Wisconsin?   Of course not, but that is why WEDC has been such a failure.   Had Reed Hall been smart enough to just spend ten seconds on Google, and realized what a waste of taxpayer dollars this is.

 Businesses commonly cite five main reasons for moving, according to Sharon K. Ward, an economic development consultant in Allentown, Pennsylvania. These are labor and work force issues, the desire to reach new markets, the need to upgrade facilities or equipment, the desire to lower costs or increase cash flow, and considerations about quality of life. For different businesses and at different times, certain concerns are more important than others, Ward notes. But just about all moves can be attributed to some combination of these issues.

Because they watched a television commercial did not make the top five.  Who knew?

However tragically sad this whole story is, the Walker administration is always good for a laugh.   WEDC deputy director Ryan Murray does not disappoint.

The ads don't mention Minnesota, Illinois or any other state. Kelly Lietz, WEDC's vice president of marketing, said agency officials aren't looking for a border war or to insult anyone. Still, WEDC Deputy Secretary Ryan Murray acknowledged Wisconsin is competing with neighboring states.
"I'm sure my counterpart in Illinois won't be happy to see these ads running in his state," Murray said. "But it's a competitive environment."

 Apparently Ryan Murray said that with a straight face.  See Ryan Murray is Deputy Secretary of WEDC and has a combined amount of real life business experience of - take it away Dean Wormer:

 See Ryan Murray's resume is loaded with stints working the Randy Hopper, Terrance Wall and Scott Walker campaigns. As Marc Eisen in the Isthmus wrote ;

That would be Ryan Murray, 30, who in July was named by Gov. Scott Walker to be the chief operating officer of the quasi-public Wisconsin Economic Development Corp., the state's principal jobs promoter. (Paul Jadin is its CEO.) Murray's resume (PDF) shows him to be conspicuously devoid of any private-sector experience, but well schooled in the political arts.

Murray studied political science at UW-Superior and Macalester College (no degree is noted), and then blazed like a meteorite from the 2004 Bush-Cheney presidential campaign through multiple Republican legislative offices to a series of senior positions for Walker, culminating as director of policy and legislative affairs.

Ryan Murray defines crony capitalism and the failure of WEDC to be anything more than a very costly arm of the Friends of Scott Walker campaign.

That is the problem that Ryan Murray does not understand.    His counterparts in Illinois and Minnesota are working on campaigns where they belong, not handing out I-tunes gift cards to their friends.